I am fed up with the X-fi line of soundcards. I have an X-fi Platinum and a new Fatality Pro with X-ram and BOTH cause excessive popping/cracking while playing games on the eVGA motherboard. Are there any alternative sound card options out there that would be worthy of an [H] recommendation for gaming? I'm checking out that Azunetech soundcard right now, but it seems geared more toward entertainment/movie watching versus gaming. I do nothing but game on my Windows PC.
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Alternative to X-fi Fatality Pro
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Bleedblue12345
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sorry, but for gaming, creative's line of cards are the best out there.... might wanna try an audigy 2 zs?
Dion
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what about this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102004
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102004
alg7_munif
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Since you have a powerful system, why don't you try the low-end software based X-Fi. Maybe you have problem with the hardware processor of the X-Fi. I think that you can still have EAX 5.0 and you system wouldn't be affected much(2x8800GTX).
X-FI series is currently the best soundcard for gaming. Another option that just became available is the Razer Barracuda. Made for gaming, but no eax.
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Razer Barracuda is just another sound card using the C-Media Oxygen HD chip. See my thread about the X-Meridian(the longest active non sticky thread here), at the first post I've listed some other card with the Oxygen HD chip.
The X-Fis apparently have problems with some overclocked systems. The next best cards for gaming would be either the Audigy 4 Pro or the Audigy 2 ZS. The Audigy 4 is preferable, but it's probably very pricey so the ZS would probably give you the best bang for your buck.
AppaYipYip said:
Have you tried this if it helps: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showpost.php?p=1846726&postcount=1
Probably wasn't an Audigy 4 Pro then. The Pro has better DACs than the Audigy 2 ZS, and though the difference isn't that big the card does sound slightly better.Donnie27 said:Got both and would take the Audigy 2 ZS over the Audigy 4 Pro anyday. I only bought the Audigy 4 Pro because the guy sold it to me $25 LOL! I wanted my $25 back
malware said:
THANK YOU!!!! GUYS....this completely fixed my problem. BOTH of my 680i systems now run flawlessly WITHOUT popping, cracking, etc.
I had this problem on both my Asus Striker Extreme system and my eVGA system. Now, they are popping/cracking free.
AppaYipYip said:THANK YOU!!!! GUYS....this completely fixed my problem. BOTH of my 680i systems now run flawlessly WITHOUT popping, cracking, etc.
I had this problem on both my Asus Striker Extreme system and my eVGA system. Now, they are popping/cracking free.
I'm glad you fixed it. cheers