What sound card is better The audigy or the GTXP

tritium4ever

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Stick with the GTXP...it's an excellent sound card. I have the Audigy myself, but going from a GTXP to an Audigy isn't much of an "upgrade" if you ask me.
 

bozo1

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The one review I read when the Audigy came out, had them both pretty much neck & neck in all areas. It would probably be a waste of money to change.
 

Comp625

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Depends, are you a gamer or music enthusiast?

The Audigy is fantastic for both mp3s and games because it has such a low cpu utilization (good for more frames per sec in games) and it has all these neat 3D positional features such as EAX HD ADVANCED and stuff. Not to mention, it's a great card for eliminating some of the fuzzyness and crackling that you sometimes hear in mp3s.

The GTXP is also geared for gamers and music enthusiasts. A new set of drivers were recently released for it so that's good news. Gaming and Music are also really good on this card.

Basically if you want to shell out a few extra dollars, return the GTXP and get an Audigy. But if you're on somewhat of a budget, stick with the GTXP. It's a win-win situation for you. :)
 

Hakeem

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Dear Comp

Yes, Audigy is cool, but I am not able to see you upgrading your nice and wise system from Live value to Audigy Value. It the upgrade is not worthy.

Also Audigy Val costs double as Live Value 5.1 or more. So should one budget conscious person buy Live or Audigy. I know the offerings of Audigy over Live but if the resultant sound is also as great as the theoretical statements.

As personaly I don't bother if Audigy provides connectivity, also if it offloads some processing from my CPU. But if sound quality is that cool, that if i must go to Audigy.

Thanks for your help...
 

GlassWolf

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This is the conclusion to which I came, after a fair deal of research.
The GTXP is half the cost of the Audigy Platinum and offered everything exceptiong ASIO drivers, and firewire.
This makes the GTXP a far better value.
However, if you have the ~$200 to spend on an Audigy platinum, I highly recommend you look at the Terratec DMX 6fire 24/96 which is the same cost, offers all the analog and digital audio in/out connections of the Audigy Platinum, has ASIO drivers, and unlike the Audigy, is a *true* 24bit 96KHz card, and offers far, far superior digital conversion quality.
The Terratec (www.terratec.com) card is by far superior to the Audigy platinum/eX/extigy at the same cost range.
The GTXP is a terrific alternative at half the cost however, and very well-made, and well-thought out, though it does lack on-card jacks for even the simplest things like headphones or 2-speaker sound.
With the GTXP, it's brakout box, or nothing, which is bad for LAN gamers.
peace
 

Hakeem

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Yes, freind SoundSystem DMX 6fire 24/96 by TerraTec is realy ultimate machine for music and DVD lovers but as far as i beleive it's gaming experience is not as much compelling as Audigy's.

Just an idea... though
As have never listened Audigy or DMX 6Fire...

Also welcome you on this forum, as it is your first post.... :--)

Now, Can someone tell me about the realy life difference in listening experience of Live 5.1 value and Audigy 5.1 value.
Tell me how much gold connector counts on sound card? :--)

Thanks and regards...
 

Hakeem

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Also for CaseMods if you are willing to buy Auigy ... Please send me your audio system on some reasonable price.

Though, I wish you to purchase a system as an update ... when it realy makes some difference ... :--)

Good Luck!
 

Hakeem

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Thanks Piano Master! ;--)

I am impressed by your bold statement.

>> Screw both and get the Terratec DMX 6Fire 24/96. Puts both of those cards to shame

I do agree about DVD Quality and >100 db sound to Noise ratio...
But what about its Gaming API support?
if supporting EAX is enough? What about extended EAX APIs...

Also it is not available easily...

Well I do also agree with your slogon -->

>> Fighting for peace is like f**king for virginity.

I am impressed with your concept... Anyway tell me if it is not mis use of bad words...?

Take care

Yor freind, Hakeem!




 

NuclearFusi0n

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Dont buy an audigy - they suck...

Stick with the GTXP if you like the breakout box, or get yourself a TB Santa Cruz for some killer quality :)
 

trmiv

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I can't speak on the audigy, but I don't like my GTXP. The sound card itself is great, but the breakout box sucks. The connections start to get loose after awhile, which results in sound quality problems. The thing that sucks is, you have no option to not use the box. My box is going to hell, and so it's ruining the sound card along with it, because I can't hook up any other way. I've been considering buying a TB Santa Cruz, which has the same chipset as the GTXP, but lacks the box.
 

Hakeem

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I just want to know a simple one think that I still not able to figure out...

If some body here upgraded Audigy from Live 5.1 and experienced any difference in output quality

Yes I know the basic hardware and bundeled software options...

But if those new features realy producing some difference in real time... ?

====================================================================
(Living + Loving) & (Learning + Earning) Hakeem!
 

scottrico

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<< If some body here upgraded Audigy from Live 5.1 and experienced any difference in output quality >>



I did.
The good:

Some games do sound better, freedom force, RTCW and
Jedi knight 2.

Dvd sound is also better.

The bad (real Bad):

Do not get this card if you capute video from a tv tuner card, Ati or winfast wintv2000xp.
You will get a hissing sound in the back ground.
had the same problem with live 5.1 card.
I use a muse sound card for capture and have no sound issues.

The windows Xp drivers are the worse.
I can not even do a fresh install without taking out the Audigy sound card. Installs fine after windows Xp is fully installed.

Stay with what you got till they fix the drivers.

My 2 cents!
 

Bingo13

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Audigy all the way if gaming is your main concern. The latest drivers are very good by the way.
 

GlassWolf

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In answer to the questions regarding the terratec, just so you didn't think I ignored you, yes the audigy has a lower CPU usage than the terratec in games, however with the CPUs of today being over 1GHz, I really don't see that as a big concern anymore.
http://www.terratec.com/products/6fire/6fire_details.htm
the above, in regards to compatibility, states:
"DirectSound 3D, Sensaura 3D, A3D 1.0/2.0 and EAX 1.0/2.0 as well as Macro FX
WDM driver for Windows 98SE/ ME/2000 and Windows XP Supports ASIO 2.0
WDM Kernel Streaming (e.g. for Sonar ?)
MME- and DirectSound"

While yes the Terratec is aimed more toward the digital recording field, it still offers pretty much everything the audigy platinum offers, in a similar package, at an equal price.. sans the firewire, but with the added benefit of *far* superior quality of output. Definitely the card to look into purchasing if you run to or from an A/V receiver with digital ports. (as I do)
Now before I sound too much like a terratec zealot, I'll end this by noting the systems I'm using at the moment:
http://www.wickedcases.com/casemods/
http://www.wickedcases.com/HT/

Adieu, mes amis