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Does EAX actually help you?

Eax helpful?

  • Hell yes!

    Votes: 52 26.3%

  • Hell no!

    Votes: 43 21.7%

  • I can't tell...:(

    Votes: 54 27.3%

  • Shit I use onboard...

    Votes: 49 24.7%
  • Total voters
    198
I got my x-fi titanium for the optical 5.1 out... tru surround sound to my yamaha 6.1 system is amazing.
As far as EAX... eh. It may do nothing or it may help. All i know is i have NO problem with sound quality or studdering or anything like that. I got to admit... its pritty much flawless for me.
 
kookoo102 said:
I got my x-fi titanium for the optical 5.1 out... tru surround sound to my yamaha 6.1 system is amazing.
As far as EAX... eh. It may do nothing or it may help. All i know is i have NO problem with sound quality or studdering or anything like that. I got to admit... its pritty much flawless for me.
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Once again I really feel we need a facepalm emoticon. I really hope you realize that you spent all that money on that card and you are BYPASSING it by using the digital out. A $30 card or USB device with a S/PDIF connector would give you an IDENTICAL digital output.

:D
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In the end though, that is Creative's marketing at work. Preying on the uninformed....
 
OMG ..

kookoo102 said:
I got my x-fi titanium for the optical 5.1 out... tru surround sound to my yamaha 6.1 system is amazing.
As far as EAX... eh. It may do nothing or it may help. All i know is i have NO problem with sound quality or studdering or anything like that. I got to admit... its pritty much flawless for me.
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I was given a sound card by a buddy, as he told me the Vista support was terrible.

I am 95% sure its the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series.

Is there anything specific about this card that I should be aware of over my onboard Intel? Any hookup or configurations that I should use to see if it makes a difference in EVE Online?
 
criccio said:
Once again I really feel we need a facepalm emoticon. I really hope you realize that you spent all that money on that card and you are BYPASSING it by using the digital out. A $30 card or USB device with a S/PDIF connector would give you an IDENTICAL digital output.

:D
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In the end though, that is Creative's marketing at work. Preying on the uninformed....
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I Can't believe he said that.

Anyway that is great marketing on Creative's part. They have so many people snowed into believing that you actually need one of their cards for 5.1 over digital, when most any on board solution from the last 2-3 years can give you the same thing, that it borders on ridiculous. Hell, some of those on board solutions can also do EAX 1-3. Kudos to Creative's marketing, they are true masters of the game.
 
criccio said:
Once again I really feel we need a facepalm emoticon. I really hope you realize that you spent all that money on that card and you are BYPASSING it by using the digital out. A $30 card or USB device with a S/PDIF connector would give you an IDENTICAL digital output.
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But can onboard or a USB device up-convert the stereo signal to 5.1? I don't have an X-Fi, but I thought that was one of the things it brought to the table - or is that only the newer Auzentech cards that added that functionality. If all you want is pass-through 5.1 from a DVD, then onboard is fine, but if you want DDL or up-converting you need a dedicated sound card - at least as far as I know (which might not be very far).
 
Well of course if you want DDL/DTS-C realtime encoding you would need one of those cards, but IMO if a source is stereo I would want to keep it as such.
 
criccio said:
Well of course if you want DDL/DTS-C realtime encoding you would need one of those cards, but IMO if a source is stereo I would want to keep it as such.
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I'm not saying it's a good idea, but it is certainly a reason why someone would buy an expensive card and then use the SPDIF out. Actually, now that I think about it - do X-fi cards render EAX on the digital out? I'm betting they do. So there's another potential reason why the SPDIF might be a valid output for some people.
 
Just so you know EAX is usuable in most games with only onboard sound depending on the model and game.
 
i think it depends on your ears. i notice a huge difference, but my ears really pick up tone range more than anything. that and i find the sound positioning is much better.
 
Since we're on the topic of EAX. Does anyone know how to get F.E.A.R. v1.08 on Windows 7 x64 to recognize EAX through Alchemy X-Fi? It worked fine with Vista Ultimate SP1 x64, so I'm wondering if anyone has any tips. Thanks.

EAX can be handy for older games that don't have support for Dolby Digital or DTS.
 
CrimsonKnight13 said:
EAX can be handy for older games that don't have support for Dolby Digital or DTS.
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Are you somehow under the impression that newer games do support DD/DTS? You'd be wrong...

Not without the help of a DDL/DST-C encoder, which would work with any old game. So I guess I'm not seeing any validity to you're argument there.
 
MrGuvernment said:
i am sure msot people, no, but most people who bought a creative card will say "yes" to juasitufy their purchase....


do you knw what does help you, in most games, is head phones...

a good 2.0 stereo headphones, screw this 5.1 crap... a good 2.0 system will give you such good sound and distance you dont need anything else..since most games seems to be made in 2.0 and most "surround" seems to be emulated..
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Indeed. I use a good quality Philips headphone and wouldn't trade it for any 5.1/7.1/1000.1 sound system. Using it together with CMSS3D I get an environmental perception greater than any of the aforementioned sound systems.

EAX does little on this regard. All it does is create a more convincing ambient sound, like different kinds of wall materials, or sounds that come from adjacent rooms. Sometimes it can harm more than do good on competitive gameplay, in my experience.
 
criccio said:
Are you somehow under the impression that newer games do support DD/DTS? You'd be wrong...

Not without the help of a DDL/DST-C encoder, which would work with any old game. So I guess I'm not seeing any validity to you're argument there.
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There is NO argument. I'm not assuming ALL new games support those standards either. I was just giving a thought from personal experience. Nothing more, nothing less.

Whatever 3D sound technology is used in games, old & new, I appreciate them for how they sound through a surround sound system.
 
I'm just trying to point out that there is very few, VERY few ( I can't even name one) PC game that had a DD/DTS track natively. I though you where pointing out that all newer games did.
 
No, I just appreciate the rare ones that do. I'm a bit irritated that Creative hasn't come up with better work around than a DLL API call for OpenAL through DirectSound . I've learned that not all games that used to recognize it, actually see it all now despite ALchemy.
 
criccio said:
I'm just trying to point out that there is very few, VERY few ( I can't even name one) PC game that had a DD/DTS track natively. I though you where pointing out that all newer games did.
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It sure would be sweet if they did though.
 
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