- Feb 5, 2000
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with the sound situation being what it is in vista, does having a card like the XFI even make sense anymore? I've always had a seperate sound card as i find sound very important in games and such even though it's largely ignored. I have my sound card piped out to a home theatre receiver and some pretty expensive speakers and a powered sub. Back in the day I even bought one of the monster sound cards on the day it was released.
Now though with vista and audio, my xfi card seems like a bit of a waste. None of the eax features work anymore. I can use the openal to enable surround in games but it's not the same as it was and if i understand the project it's just doing a software translation. Wouldn't this mean a CPU hit greater than under XP with sound anyways? Creatives driver support and vista support is terrible in general. And there's always been a static issue with my XFI when i use it with my PODXT.
I'm starting to wonder if there's enough difference between the XFI and the sound chip built in on my gigabyte 965 ds3. But i can't find any comparisons or reviews about this, has anyone seen anything that might show how it stacks up to an XFI?
Now though with vista and audio, my xfi card seems like a bit of a waste. None of the eax features work anymore. I can use the openal to enable surround in games but it's not the same as it was and if i understand the project it's just doing a software translation. Wouldn't this mean a CPU hit greater than under XP with sound anyways? Creatives driver support and vista support is terrible in general. And there's always been a static issue with my XFI when i use it with my PODXT.
I'm starting to wonder if there's enough difference between the XFI and the sound chip built in on my gigabyte 965 ds3. But i can't find any comparisons or reviews about this, has anyone seen anything that might show how it stacks up to an XFI?