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Originally posted by: Kensai
Just finished reading it.. I think I'm going after the Fatallity version (or whatever it's called). X-RAM might be slightly helpful..
Ya, the only benchmark that showed a difference was Creative's own, and that falls under the "never trust the manufacturer's benchmark" principle. So far no one has shown a good reason to get a card with on-board RAM. Now the headphone HRTF stuff does sound interesting(no pun intended).Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: Kensai
Just finished reading it.. I think I'm going after the Fatallity version (or whatever it's called). X-RAM might be slightly helpful..
Didn't impress me from those two benchmarks they showed
http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20050818/creative_x-fi-21.html
Originally posted by: hans030390
weren't they claiming a 17% performance boost?
Didn't impress me from those two benchmarks they showed
http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20050818/creative_x-fi-21.html
Originally posted by: Some1ne
Didn't impress me from those two benchmarks they showed
http://www.tomshardware.com/consumer/20050818/creative_x-fi-21.html
I think the premise of that benchmark is flawed...who in their right mind would buy a sound card to try and increase their gaming FPS? That's what a new video card is for...the increase you'll see from any new sound card, even one that's "optimized" to improve FPS, pales in comparison to what a new graphics card will do.
Originally posted by: hans030390
weren't they claiming a 17% performance boost?
Didn't really clear up the "crystalizer", did it?
Originally posted by: mattburk
Performance increases, are YOU NUTS?
HIFI guys do not spend $400 on a card because of 1 more fps or 1% less cpu usage. It's all about the SOUND.
That?s why we put 10k+ into our HT speaker systems. I think the key point to the card is increased fidelity.
I do hope it sends a digital signal out that an AVR can understand and decode. Does anyone know if that is supported?
Originally posted by: YOyoYOhowsDAjello
Originally posted by: mattburk
Performance increases, are YOU NUTS?
HIFI guys do not spend $400 on a card because of 1 more fps or 1% less cpu usage. It's all about the SOUND.
That?s why we put 10k+ into our HT speaker systems. I think the key point to the card is increased fidelity.
I do hope it sends a digital signal out that an AVR can understand and decode. Does anyone know if that is supported?
If you're talking about surround sound in digital format, then no, it doesn't have that.
Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
well i bought it (XtremeMusic version) today from BB (I'll return it if it proves not great).....but I can tell you that the sounds in BF2 are ridiculously nice. Pretty impressive. Haven't done much with listening to music yet though as I have to clean my phones first
Originally posted by: batmanuel
Originally posted by: Gooberlx2
well i bought it (XtremeMusic version) today from BB (I'll return it if it proves not great).....but I can tell you that the sounds in BF2 are ridiculously nice. Pretty impressive. Haven't done much with listening to music yet though as I have to clean my phones first
I'm hoping you are using etymotic phones. Otherwise that whole "clean my phones" comment makes me go ick.
I checked about that first thing. No restocking fee on something like a sound card provided everything originally pakcaged is returned.is there a restocking fee at BB? Hmm, wondering if i should just buy n try since i hate BB anyway