ETA on Creative X-Fi Audiocards

[IamTHEsnake]

I wondering when they will go retail as I am deciding if I can add that into my build.

If anyone knows anything please say something.

 

[Anand Lal Shimpi]

Late summer or early fall I believe.

Take care,
Anand

 

[dug777]

Originally posted by: Anand Lal Shimpi
Late summer or early fall I believe.

Take care,
Anand

:Q

:beer: for the Boss

 

[ryanv12]

Thanks Anand...I had this same question myself

 

[BFG10K]

I'm personally looking forward to it. Its ring topology looks very interesting.

 

[IEC]

Originally posted by: Anand Lal Shimpi
Late summer or early fall I believe.

Take care,
Anand

Nice, the Boss is among us! Sounds good for an ETA, I might look into those once they get < $100

 

[Pariah]

Creative has released a new line of soundcards in the late August to early October time frame every year since 1998 when the original Live! was released (99' Live! Platinum, 00' Live! Platinum 5.1, 01' Audigy, 02' Audigy 2, 03' Audigy 2 ZS, 04' Audigy 4 Pro). It doesn't take incredible insight to guess that's probably when their next release will take place in 2005.

Creative's site has a countdown on it saying new information will be released about X-Fi in a bit under 2 days. Maybe an official product announcement is forthcoming.


Sound Blaster

 

[mettleh3d]

yup

 

[Acanthus]

Let me guess, its the same sound blaster live chip theyve re-released to us 7 times now, with a slight SNR increase, and now the drivers are 450MB instead of 200MB.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
Let me guess, its the same sound blaster live chip theyve re-released to us 7 times now, with a slight SNR increase, and now the drivers are 450MB instead of 200MB.

no no its is actually different this time, its no audigy 4 scenario here. if you can find some specs/ previews to read up on you'll get the picture

 

[anthrax]

I think they have something new this time....

yes, Creative have a reputation for hype...

but this time, even Anand seem abit intrested this time.....

I am sure quite alot of people have knowledge of this card but can't say coz is still under NDA....

One of the first games to implement its features btw is BF-2...


I am optimistic that it will be something, "revolutionary"...unlike the audigy line which has dragged on for a couple of years...


I would expect this card to cost atleast a good 200 - 300 USD..

 

[LED]

ETA on Creative X-Fi Audiocards

After The Boss gets over the Flu

Here's to 1 speedy recovery

I spoke with CLabs and they have yet to determine a price point...

 

[ryanv12]

Originally posted by: anthrax
I think they have something new this time....

yes, Creative have a reputation for hype...

but this time, even Anand seem abit intrested this time.....

I am sure quite alot of people have knowledge of this card but can't say coz is still under NDA....

One of the first games to implement its features btw is BF-2...


I am optimistic that it will be something, "revolutionary"...unlike the audigy line which has dragged on for a couple of years...


I would expect this card to cost atleast a good 200 - 300 USD..

Yeah, they're going to cost a lot im sure. I'm going to look into getting one later on when there's actually some value behind them. Good sound cards have a much longer lifecycle than most PC parts....been using my Audigy 2 ex through 2 major upgrades already, and about to be a third.

 

[Acanthus]

I havent seen a reason to upgrade a soundcard since the sound blaster live value.

I have upgraded since then to newer cards, but that was more of a "because i can for the same price" type of thing, as opposed to, "this performs or sounds better than the previous gen".

Ive listened to the Audigy 2 and SBL! side by side on megaworks speakers and klipesch 5.1s and i really, really cant tell the difference if im not listening for it intentionally.

 

[MobiusPizza]

Originally posted by: Acanthus
I havent seen a reason to upgrade a soundcard since the sound blaster live value.

I have upgraded since then to newer cards, but that was more of a "because i can for the same price" type of thing, as opposed to, "this performs or sounds better than the previous gen".

Ive listened to the Audigy 2 and SBL! side by side on megaworks speakers and klipesch 5.1s and i really, really cant tell the difference if im not listening for it intentionally.

Well major reason I upgraded because of the newer EAX features.

 

[Patrick Wolf]

How much was the Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS when it came out?

 

[biostud]

Am I the only one who noticed the X Fi tab in the BF2 Demo?

 

[ryanv12]

Originally posted by: biostud
Am I the only one who noticed the X Fi tab in the BF2 Demo?

I noticed it too, and I'm pretty excited about the fact that they claim that it'll make even your regular old sounding stuff sound like 24 bit. Of course, I'm going to wait on the reviews for that to see if the average gamer can tell the difference. A big selling point for me as well will be if it will be natively supported by COD2

 

[MobiusPizza]

I noticed it as well
sigh seems that I have to again save some money

 

[Patrick Wolf]

The sound effects in BF2 aren't that great anyway. Especially compared to Far Cry/HL2.

 

[jbkane26]

release date August 21

 

[Hacp]

Originally posted by: dug777

Originally posted by: Anand Lal Shimpi
Late summer or early fall I believe.

Take care,
Anand

:Q

:beer: for the Boss

:thumbsup:

 

[DanDaMan315]

Originally posted by: wolfman579
The sound effects in BF2 aren't that great anyway. Especially compared to Far Cry/HL2.

Metal of Honor Pacific Assault had some nice sound.

 

[RaiderJ]

I'd really like to see this in a PCI-e 1x version (for my Shuttle)

 

[swatX]

Originally posted by: anthrax
I think they have something new this time....

yes, Creative have a reputation for hype...

but this time, even Anand seem abit intrested this time.....

I am sure quite alot of people have knowledge of this card but can't say coz is still under NDA....

One of the first games to implement its features btw is BF-2...


I am optimistic that it will be something, "revolutionary"...unlike the audigy line which has dragged on for a couple of years...


I would expect this card to cost atleast a good 200 - 300 USD..

it will cost around 200-500$ because creative will release two models. one highend and midrange. and it will probably be a year till we see prices below 200$