X-Fi extreme music upgrade from Audigy2..is it worth it?

[nealh]

topic says it all...is this a worthwhile upgrade for gaming and casual music..I still use a 2.1 speaker setup

 

[Ichigo]

1. Highly unlikely that you'll receive any kind of noticeable improvement from an Audigy 2. It depends on your speakers as well, and unless you have an extremely high-end setup, the transit from A2 to X-fi will be nil.
2. My X800XL on stock air cooling outclocks yours. =p

 

[nealh]

Thanks

I never rechecked my overclock on my X800XL when going to water..no doubt temps wise it should be better...

 

[CP5670]

I got slight but noticeable improvements in clarity with very high and very low frequency sounds in music, and a few games that support the new EAX run somewhat better. You'll need good speakers/headphones to tell the difference though. The main reason I got it was just to cut down on driver hassles, as I was having all kinds of problems with the Audigy 2 Value drivers on SP2.

 

[nealh]

Hmm..how are the drivers better??

 

[CP5670]

Well, they work. 😛 The Audigy 2 Value ones wouldn't with SP2 for me; Windows kept giving some error about invalid data or some crap like that, and I got fed up with it after getting no sound for a few days. I tried going back to SP1 and they worked fine, but a lot of stuff wasn't working right without the MS dual core fix, which only installs on SP2.

 

[nealh]

thanks