What sound card for gaming?

[rudreshsj]

ok buddy .. i think you hae successfully convinced me ... so i was looking thru the specs of all the X-Fi cards and just wanted to know what difference this X-RAM makes ...???

also, is there significant difference in the sound produced b/w these 4 cards if i am not one wid golden ears?
( i mean comparisons b/w extreme music and platinum, platinum and fatal1ty, fatal1ty and elite pro .. also comparison b/w elite pro and extreme music)

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj
ok buddy .. i think you hae successfully convinced me ... so i was looking thru the specs of all the X-Fi cards and just wanted to know what difference this X-RAM makes ...???

also, is there significant difference in the sound produced b/w these 4 cards if i am not one wid golden ears?
( i mean comparisons b/w extreme music and platinum, platinum and fatal1ty, fatal1ty and elite pro .. also comparison b/w elite pro and extreme music)

X-ram is a concept for a few more FPS in games, not worth the cash though. Just get the Xtreme music. That is a great deal for a card with its DAC's.

 

[rudreshsj]

ok ... but do the quality of the DAC's improve or are they the same for all cards?

 

[rudreshsj]

Creative is currently using a Cirrus Logic CS4382 8-channel DAC (D/A converter) for three of the four cards, which the company has used in the past in the Audigy 2 ZS line. Interestingly, this DAC supports DSD (Direct Stream Digital) input with a rated 114dB S/N ratio and support for 24-bit, 192 KHz digital audio.

The high-end X-Fi Elite Pro uses four Cirrus Logic CS4398 stereo DACs. These are the same DACs used in the Audigy 4 board, and offer better signal-to-noise ratio than the 8-channel CS4382. Like the CS4382, the 4392's can handle both PCM and DSD digital streams. In addition, the board features a Xilinx XC9536XL, a programmable logic device that can be used in a variety of applications, but has been used in some devices to handle DRM wrappers for digital audio


???? make any sense to u ? ..care to explain?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj
Creative is currently using a Cirrus Logic CS4382 8-channel DAC (D/A converter) for three of the four cards, which the company has used in the past in the Audigy 2 ZS line. Interestingly, this DAC supports DSD (Direct Stream Digital) input with a rated 114dB S/N ratio and support for 24-bit, 192 KHz digital audio.

The high-end X-Fi Elite Pro uses four Cirrus Logic CS4398 stereo DACs. These are the same DACs used in the Audigy 4 board, and offer better signal-to-noise ratio than the 8-channel CS4382. Like the CS4382, the 4392's can handle both PCM and DSD digital streams. In addition, the board features a Xilinx XC9536XL, a programmable logic device that can be used in a variety of applications, but has been used in some devices to handle DRM wrappers for digital audio


???? make any sense to u ? ..care to explain?

To make it simple, the quality of the Xtrememusic DAC's are more than high quality enough for the speaker set you will be using

Get the Xtreme music and put the remainder towards your speakers.

 

[rudreshsj]

cool .. cant wait to hook up the gigaworks S750 to the card ... !!! hahaha .. thanx again ..

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj
cool .. cant wait to hook up the gigaworks S750 to the card ... !!! hahaha .. thanx again ..

I am sure you will be happy with the combo. Enjoy.

 

[rudreshsj]

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

To make it simple, the quality of the Xtrememusic DAC's are more than high quality enough for the speaker set you will be using

Get the Xtreme music and put the remainder towards your speakers.

what i dont understand is that if the DAC's are more than high quality enough for the gigaworks S750, what kind of speakers will be able to support the high end DAC's of the Elite Pro?

 

[PurdueRy]

Originally posted by: rudreshsj

Originally posted by: PurdueRy

To make it simple, the quality of the Xtrememusic DAC's are more than high quality enough for the speaker set you will be using

Get the Xtreme music and put the remainder towards your speakers.

what i dont understand is that if the DAC's are more than high quality enough for the gigaworks S750, what kind of speakers will be able to support the high end DAC's of the Elite Pro?

well IMO only non-computer speakers could warrant such a card. So if someone wanted to hook the card up to a receiver with high end speakers.

Otherwise, its just good marketing

 

[htyei]

One thing about digital connections, you won't hear any hiss from your speakers, no matter what volume you have your receiver set at. I noticed the hiss at normal to loud volume levels even on an Audigy 2 (connected to the receiver through analog).

 

[Ghouler]

It might have been down to quality of cables.
I am using analog from my X-Fi and have no hiss.