Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio Soundcard purchase + problem
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Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio Soundcard purchase + problem
This reminds me that I need a new soundcard. I bought an Asus Xonar, the cheapest one at the time, thinking it would be a good alternative to the Creative option. Give the competition a chance. But that didn't work out very well as the game support isn't perfect, so I'm using the on-board as it just works.
I think this one looks like a good balance between cheapness and something that'll be significantly better than the on-board: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/121761
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I think this one looks like a good balance between cheapness and something that'll be significantly better than the on-board: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/121761
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Yeah, I think I've got one of those. Works fine.spoodie wrote:I think this one looks like a good balance between cheapness and something that'll be significantly better than the on-board: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/121761
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Semi-fail. The sound works in-game, which is good as this is a my gaming PC, but all else seems to have a weird almost complete volume fading and reverberation problem. I've tested flash videos and one mp3 in VLC. I'm using the default Windows 7 drivers from MS. I've tried the ones from the Creative website and those stop all sound, so I rolled back to a restore point.
Any ideas and those with the card, what drivers are you using?
Any ideas and those with the card, what drivers are you using?
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Well I uninstalled the device from the device manager and said yes to uninstall the drivers. Is there more you can do? I have disabled on-board.Dr. kitteny berk wrote:I assume you've cleaned old drivers off? disabled onboard sound in bios?
I thought of this last night while watching TV, but that was such a long time ago and I'd forgotten. I'll try that now. Ta!Dr. kitteny berk wrote:Might be worth trying another PCI slot if you have one.
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That, too.Grimmie wrote:Creative try and pimp out their "Crystalisation" and "Virtual surround" technology on their X-Fi cards.
If you install the software for it, can you see any options to turn those off? They're generally a bit pants.
There's a disable enhancements option in the soundblaster tab in soundcard properties thing, use it.
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I returned mine when it didn't work with windows 7 and got the xonar. Why spend the money for all the bells and whistles when you need to turn them off.
I'm not sure if I had the same problem though, mine would just play 2~3 seconds of a mp3 or video and the just get stuck is loop where it stopped. I tried any driver I could to help and when I found ones that worked I couldn't expand stereo or use any of the features.
I'm not sure if I had the same problem though, mine would just play 2~3 seconds of a mp3 or video and the just get stuck is loop where it stopped. I tried any driver I could to help and when I found ones that worked I couldn't expand stereo or use any of the features.
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