SB-Live X-Gamer Vs SB-Live X-Gamer 5.1

[BigToque]

What exactly is the difference between these 2 cards? I have the original x-gamer card.

Are any of the inputs different on the 5.1 card?

The only difference on Creatives website is that the 5.1 card has Dolby Digital 5.1 decoding.

Can't I just hook my sound card up to my amplifier that supports 5.1 and get 5.1 audio on my DVD's?

 

[rllngthndr]

Stefan I replaced my SB Live X-Gamer with a X-Gamer 5.1 same outputs on the card the only difference i know of is the addition of 5.1 decoding. Oh yea my original SB card died a horrible death that why i replaced it.

 

[Noriaki]

The 5.1 can output 6 discrete channels (either analog or through the mini-DIN). The non 5.1 can only output 4 discrete channels.

Both cards are fully capable of outputting a 5.1 Dolby Digital encoded stream, if you have an external decoder for it.

 

[BigToque]

<< Both cards are fully capable of outputting a 5.1 Dolby Digital encoded stream, if you have an external decoder for it. >>



So if I connect my non-5.1 X-gamer to my 5.1 AMP, then I can listen to movies in 5.1?



<< The 5.1 can output 6 discrete channels (either analog or through the mini-DIN). The non 5.1 can only output 4 discrete channels. >>



What else other than DVD outputs 5.1?

 

[Noriaki]

<< So if I connect my non-5.1 X-gamer to my 5.1 AMP, then I can listen to movies in 5.1? >>

Absolutely.



<< What else other than DVD outputs 5.1? >>

There is a game or two....but not much. But if you use a software DVD decoder you can use the 5.1 analog outputs for DVD playing if you have speakers with 5.1 inputs but no decoder. But since you have a decoder already it's nothing you need worry about.

 

[BigToque]

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