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Where is the Audigy 4?
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GodsMadClown
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You know, it just occured to me that they might have numbered this one "4" becaue "3" is coming along soon, and they wanted to have the nomenclature be clear for marketing purposes.
FWIW, here's a writeup on the Audigy 4
FWIW, here's a writeup on the Audigy 4
When are the PCI-ex cards due? I'm assuming those are the 3's you're talking about. I am planning on getting a new machine soon, and I'm an audiophile... I currently have a Live 5.1, and was going to get an Audigy 2 ZS, but if the 3's are out soon.... then... lol
BTW, why name the PCI card a 4, and PCI-ex a 3? Just doesn't make sense...
BTW, why name the PCI card a 4, and PCI-ex a 3? Just doesn't make sense...
I've just ordered an audigy4pro from www.komplett.com .
It's possibly a slightly silly purchase because I already have an Audigy2.
Gaming would be my primary consideration, but I do like to listen to music as well, and the A2 has been somewhat disappointing in that area, from what I've read the A4 is basically just an A2 with better music playback quality, some places saying it catches up with, if not surpasses, traditionally better music cards like the Revo, which may just make it the perfect PC all-rounder.
It seems pretty easy to dismiss the A4 as nothing special (particularly given the price), but the A2 only really had the one weakness, and it looks like the A4 addresses that (though why they didn't just stick the better DACs on the A2zs in the first place I don't quite get), so this could be the last card I buy for quite a while.
This is one of my more expensive experiments, so I'm hoping this guy at least raises the music quality from "meh" to "mmm", I guess I'll find out in a couple of days.
Oh, and it looks like there's no Audigy3 in the works, one of the sites that looked at the A4 asked Creatives Marketing folks what the deal was with the name and were told that the A2zs was as close to A3 as they were going to get.
It's possibly a slightly silly purchase because I already have an Audigy2.
Gaming would be my primary consideration, but I do like to listen to music as well, and the A2 has been somewhat disappointing in that area, from what I've read the A4 is basically just an A2 with better music playback quality, some places saying it catches up with, if not surpasses, traditionally better music cards like the Revo, which may just make it the perfect PC all-rounder.
It seems pretty easy to dismiss the A4 as nothing special (particularly given the price), but the A2 only really had the one weakness, and it looks like the A4 addresses that (though why they didn't just stick the better DACs on the A2zs in the first place I don't quite get), so this could be the last card I buy for quite a while.
This is one of my more expensive experiments, so I'm hoping this guy at least raises the music quality from "meh" to "mmm", I guess I'll find out in a couple of days.
Oh, and it looks like there's no Audigy3 in the works, one of the sites that looked at the A4 asked Creatives Marketing folks what the deal was with the name and were told that the A2zs was as close to A3 as they were going to get.
Newegg doesn't ship to Canada 
The Audigy 4 does a much better job at audio processing than the 2ZS, so no it's not a waste of money. It's not significant, no... but there is an upgrade. I'm thinking of waiting for their PCI-express "Zenith" cards, though.
The Audigy 4 does a much better job at audio processing than the 2ZS, so no it's not a waste of money. It's not significant, no... but there is an upgrade. I'm thinking of waiting for their PCI-express "Zenith" cards, though.
steviep said:Newegg doesn't ship to Canada
The Audigy 4 does a much better job at audio processing than the 2ZS, so no it's not a waste of money. It's not significant, no... but there is an upgrade. I'm thinking of waiting for their PCI-express "Zenith" cards, though.
No, lets be clear, the audio processor is exactly the same one that's in the A2zs (and A2), so it does exactly the same processing job (it even retains the same 44/48khz resampling issue), the only notable hardware difference is that the A4 uses higher quality DACs which means the analogue output (and input) quality is better.
How much better in the real world is the only question, I'm not expecting some dramatic earth shattering improvment, and I suspect that anyone who is would be badly disappointed.
All I'm hoping for is that the DACs do enough to bring the A4 into line with the envy based cards musically.
But I fully acknowledge that it is quite a lot of money for such a modest improvement.
It's not earth-shattering, just better. I read a review on the 'net, the link is in this thread. The quality of the Audigy 4 surpasses the Audigy 2 ZS, in just about every aspect, though mostly minimally, from the other writeups on the 'net.
chuckm1020
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im waiting for the zenith cards too. have you heard any more information on them. i heard it was suppost to be released in march. but i read that a long time ago.steviep said:Newegg doesn't ship to Canada
The Audigy 4 does a much better job at audio processing than the 2ZS, so no it's not a waste of money. It's not significant, no... but there is an upgrade. I'm thinking of waiting for their PCI-express "Zenith" cards, though.
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tell me more about the zenith.
does creative plan to offer a card comparable to the audigy4 pro in pci express?
I like the 4pro because of the I/O box and high quality DACs, I was looking for a card that does both pro recording and gaming well, and this looks to be it... but its only PCI, a PCI-E version would be a better investment.
does creative plan to offer a card comparable to the audigy4 pro in pci express?
I like the 4pro because of the I/O box and high quality DACs, I was looking for a card that does both pro recording and gaming well, and this looks to be it... but its only PCI, a PCI-E version would be a better investment.