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    NEW Creative SoundBlaster X-fi Notebook soundcard

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by LastCallKillIt, Sep 20, 2008.

  1. LastCallKillIt

    LastCallKillIt Notebook Enthusiast

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    LastCallKillIt, Sep 20, 2008
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    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    Yes,

    It is hardware acceleration. It is a fully functional external sound card working through your express card slot. As far as it's value goes, that's another discussion.
     
    rschauby, Sep 20, 2008
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  3. Gophn

    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    yes it will give better sound quality over the on-board sound, and help the CPU from using some of its cycles to produce the integrated sound.

    so you will get hardware EAX and OpenAL support for games, and a few more frames per seconds.

    but the price is subjective to whether its worth it or not... since hte on-board soundcards are quite decent already.
     
    Gophn, Sep 20, 2008
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  4. rschauby

    rschauby Superfluously Redundant

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    treat it as a novelty :p
     
    rschauby, Sep 20, 2008
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  5. LastCallKillIt

    LastCallKillIt Notebook Enthusiast

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    interesting
     
    LastCallKillIt, Sep 20, 2008
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    me12345 Notebook Evangelist

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    Interesting. Does this support EAX 5.0? I can seem to find out if it does or not on the website. $90 doesn't seem too bad, I might look into one of these.

    Also, besides hardware acceleration, what is there any other major differnces between the new card and the old sandblaster x-fi extreme audio card for the notebook.
     
    me12345, Sep 21, 2008
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    Gophn NBR Resident Assistant

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    Gophn, Sep 21, 2008
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    The one Gophn recommends is the one I have.
    And it`s darn awesome,and I also have the USB Creative Live 24bit, and it stands no chance to it...
    Super loud, clear bass(that is, if your speaker system can push it that high :D) and small.
     
    eleron911, Sep 21, 2008
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    Isn't that the one people dislike due to the fact that it does not have hardware support, and driver issues with 64 bit vista? I could use a new sound card, just trying to figure out which one is best.
     
    me12345, Sep 21, 2008
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  11. Ennea

    Ennea wwwwww

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    I agree with Gophn and Eleron. As a musician, I notice the slighest discrepancies in sound and I'm rather pleased with the Express Card Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Notebook card.
     
    Ennea, Sep 21, 2008
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    I've got the card that Gophn has, I'm just annoyed I bought it just before Creative made this announcement.
     
    Harleyquin07, Sep 21, 2008
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    tential Notebook Consultant

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    How do you know this as the last X-fi card for notebooks did not have the actual X-fi chip?
     
    tential, Oct 3, 2008
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    emike09 Overclocking Champion

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    Creative software fubars Turbo Memory. Keep that in mind.
     
    emike09, Oct 3, 2008
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    Tripfist Notebook Guru

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    Anyone have a comparison between this and the old Extreme X-fi notebook card?
     
    Tripfist, Oct 6, 2008
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    For gaming, I haven't found much use for my X-fi. I also don't like the fact that it won't work through your PC speakers.

    If you're an audiophile and want better audio for movies and music, then perhaps invest, but for gaming, I don'th think you'll gain much performance benefit or even notice much of a difference.
     
    HTWingNut, Oct 6, 2008
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