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Posted: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:27:02 Post Subject:
wow.... glad i havent been gaming a ton lately so i havent updated them on my xfi platinum... lame... _________________
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Posted: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 10:59:36 Post Subject:
people still use sound cards?? _________________ Veni, Vidi, Velcro...
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Creative stopped being good so long ago I'm amazed they are still in business.
The last card I bought from them was a Live! sound card, and I spent soooo much time removing all the extra software that came with it... sigh... I still have nightmares.
But the card worked and it was good at the time... Everything went downhill after that, imho.
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Posted: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 11:49:10 Post Subject:
I had read the same story. I was amazed by their statements.
What a crock of poop. They are also attacking ASUS for their new sound card lineup. Hopefully we will start to see more competition on the soundcard front. _________________
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Joined: 22 Aug 2003 Posts: 795 Location: Snohomish, WA USA
Posted: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 13:32:06 Post Subject:
I gave up on Creative long ago, partly due to incredibly bad support (including totally worthless drivers) In fact I haven't bought a "sound card" for years. On board sound does everything I need.
I gave up on Creative long ago, partly due to incredibly bad support (including totally worthless drivers) In fact I haven't bought a "sound card" for years. On board sound does everything I need.
Yea, it has been years since I bought a sound card (although I do still use the one I got for a review from Auzentech). The last one I owned (before the Auzentech) was a Creative, and I had all sorts of issues with it I just gave up on them and went to on board sound as well. Has worked out great for me since then.
Unless something really changes in the sound world, I see no reason to switch over to a sound card over on board. It does the job for me
Yep, the last sound card I bought was an Auzentech. 15$ for 7.1 SPDIF ouput, pricewise it was definitely worth it - and it sounds great too!
I've had problems with their drivers too, but that's probably only because I messed around with them a lot to get into the 44khhz (or whatever it is) high fidelity rendition mode...
The creative cards might still be good for the musicians (the really high end ones) but for everybody else, you should get a KillerNIC card instead... or a PhysX
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