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Invasor
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 Posted: Mon, 23rd Jul 2007 21:03 Post subject: Sound card for vista...and linux |
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My onboard sound sucks (i have a P5B Deluxe)... anyway, I wanna buy a new sound card.
X Fi wont work in Linux, cause there are no drivers? I heard creative might release them one day, but I wont wait.
Should I buy an (old) Audigy? Other brands are kinda rare and/or expensive here.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jul 2007 21:04 Post subject: |
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I've got the audigy 2 zs platnium edition <3 it
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jul 2007 21:08 Post subject: |
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Well I think they're only selling the "SE" edition, or atleast thats the one I was looking cause its cheap... but I guess there isnt such a big difference?
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jul 2007 21:23 Post subject: |
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| Invasor wrote: | | Well I think they're only selling the "SE" edition, or atleast thats the one I was looking cause its cheap... but I guess there isnt such a big difference? |
Just a plain sound blaster SE? I think I've seen those and the quality wasn't up against the audigy 2 but it certainly was better than onboard |
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jul 2007 21:55 Post subject: |
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Since it's for Linux as well, look at other vendors than Creative. Contrary to popular belief, their cards actually suck in sound quality. The only good thing they have is EAX, and that will be dropped soon with Vista (no hardware sound acceleration, the Alchemy is only for old games who supported EAX).
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 01:14 Post subject: |
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| LeoNatan wrote: | | Since it's for Linux as well, look at other vendors than Creative. Contrary to popular belief, their cards actually suck in sound quality. The only good thing they have is EAX, and that will be dropped soon with Vista (no hardware sound acceleration, the Alchemy is only for old games who supported EAX). |
Suck? 
I don't think that my X-Fi suck, perhaps it is because you can't afford one and listen to it yourself... 
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 01:26 Post subject: |
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Perhaps.
For the audiophiles, I'd recommend an Auzentech.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 03:38 Post subject: |
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I've seen a few auzentech models, but they are all much more expensive than the audigy se 7.1. Like 4 times more expensive. Is it worth it? I mostly listen to mp3 only.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 03:46 Post subject: |
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Then I guess it's not worth it. It depends on your needs basically. Auzentech produce the best audio, but you need good equipment to actually hear that quality.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 03:50 Post subject: |
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Alright thanks. I'll buy the audigy then, mostly because vista is becoming expensive already lol ... had to buy another gig of ram, and now the sound card.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 03:54 Post subject: |
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OK man. You do know you can stick them both in, and enjoy you x-fi in Vista/XP, and keep the Audigy for linux. If you go that road, than maybe even something cheaper can be bought instead.
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| Posted: Tue, 24th Jul 2007 09:56 Post subject: |
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Maybe one of the Guillemot Fortissimo linek,had one for years in my pc,
never had any probs with drivers or games,great card really.
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