Well, yet another of my Audigy cards has started the problem of the random popping in the speakers that I have been unable to solve and I am looking for a new card. The same thing happened to my old Audigy 1 a few years back and then was unable to solve it, so I am attributing it to a hardware problem. I tried my onboard audio for about a month on my P5W and really just came to the point where I can't stand it--poor quality sound, sound bugs in several games, etc.
I want a card with good quality sound output--I have been happy with my Audigy 2 ZS (except for the popping) and want something at least comparable. Will the X-fi Xtreme Gamer card offer this?
I also have a question in regards to Vista. I know there were issues with hardware acceleration in games that I can't remember, have or have not been ironed out? Is it worth getting the X-fi gamer if Vista won't support its hardware accel features? And, for those of you Beta testing Vista, are the drivers somewhat stable at this point?
Thanks
I want a card with good quality sound output--I have been happy with my Audigy 2 ZS (except for the popping) and want something at least comparable. Will the X-fi Xtreme Gamer card offer this?
I also have a question in regards to Vista. I know there were issues with hardware acceleration in games that I can't remember, have or have not been ironed out? Is it worth getting the X-fi gamer if Vista won't support its hardware accel features? And, for those of you Beta testing Vista, are the drivers somewhat stable at this point?
Thanks
