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    Question Creative X-Fi Sound cards

    Have been looking at the specs / a few reviews of these & would like a bit of feedback if any of you has one in his rig. Apparently it makes a HUGE difference to the sound putting one of these in - any comments ??

    Nerdboy - don't you have one in your PC ?

    Thanks in advance

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    Having read several reviews it seems these cards are good if you have the latest drivers and compliant mobo/gfx card combos.

    I am just not sure if the price is fair unless you are a real music addict, any Audigy 2 ZS will do for gaming purists IMO.

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    i will buy one of these cards soon.. just dunno which one...




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    It just seems like the X-Fi is orders of magnitude better (51 million transistors compared to the Audigy's 4 million)

    One of the reviews I've seen:
    http://www.custompc.co.uk/custompc/r...eme-music.html

    Edit: and another one ..
    http://www.guru3d.com/article/sound/265/

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    I got the x-fi fatality... Just wow... so much better than my old audigy 1... Every thing this just sounds better (but i did get a set of logitech Z5500s at the same time as i got the card so didn't test the X-Fi on my old creative 5200 speakers so it could have been the speakers making the diff).



    But am very happy with my set up

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    i am not quite as lucky in having the fatality, but i do have the xtreme music. I must say that the diiference is very pronounced.

    I am a big sound fanatic, so it was important to me, so i decided to go for it.

    There really a massive difference, even with the crappy headphones i use

    that is what i experienced

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    Great - thanks for the feedback .. Next question is the price you paid for it ..?

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    my extreme music was just over the R1000 (between 1000-1100 for the least expensive 1). They r expensive, yes, but i believe worth it

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    got mine for R1899 (but am vat reg so didn't pay tax).

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    Is it really worth it?
    Would there be a huge difference between a audigy 2 value and a X-fi xtrememusic? I really need a soundcard this onboard one is killing me but i cant get myself to pay up :\

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