To X-Fi or not?

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Justintoxicated

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Looking at the newegg deal where the extreme gamer is $60 which ends tonight.

I was fully convinced in getting this card as it should allow me to use my Stacker's front pannel. However I'm a bit shocked that there is no 7.1, no SPDIF input or output on the back, and no optical. My onboard sound has all these things.

Right now my onboard drives the z5500's and a pair of headphones AD700's plugged into the front of the PC. Sounds good to me, but I wonder what I am missing out on!

Will I hear a noticable difference in changing cards or will this basicaly only affect games? If only in games is the EAX 5 really worth the step from EAX2? Is it worth putting up with creatives horrible drivers? Is it worth the 90 down or $60 in the end? I kind of feel like I am downgrading! Or side stepping.

Please help me decide!
 
yea it has an internal one but I have plugs on the back of my onboard for both input and output.

Your right on the 7.1 I guess you have to purchase a seperate adapter to make it work though...

Still though is it worth the upgrade from onboard to Creative considering all the problems etc?
 
After I bought my X-FI I decided I would NEVER go with onboard again. To me it was totally worth it, and I have had zero problems out of mine during games.

To me, paying for your sound is a great investment.
 
Ok thanks I went ahead and purchased stupid tax, came out to $105 - 30 mail in rebate.

I'll have to see for myself, otherwise it will go up for sale.
 
It sounds pretty good. Analog out almost matches my Squeezebox 3's analog outs. A bit hazy, but perfectly awesome for what you pay.

Good card.
 
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