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XFI with 16bit resolution max!!

hi, im on XP and i cant seem to change my X fi to 24 bit. ive looked in control panel and creative's audio console but with no luck.

im using a coax cable btw.

any advice would be appreciated

thanks
 
You can't really tell the difference between 16bit and 24bit to be honest...24bit is just lower noise level. PC audio has plenty of problems with noise that a 16bit to 24bit differential is nonexistent...

24bit sampling isn't even physically possible right now anyway (144db SNR), the best DACs out there go up to 22bit (132db SNR). The X-Fi extreme audio has a 17 bit sampling rate (106db SNR). The best X-Fi, the Prelude, has a 20bit DAC (120db SNR).

The X-FI Extreme Audio is not a true X-Fi, it's actually just an Audigy 2 with different drivers, it doesn't use the same chipset as the rest of the X-Fi line which have > 18bit DACs.

You can have your PC stream 16bit or 24bit samples...you are still really limited to your DAC so the difference is not even close to 50% noise level reduction--the 132db SNR DAC i was referring to only has 38% noise level reduction.
 
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