Originally Posted by MrWillyWonka As I was in Portsmouth I decided I would pop into Novatech and buy the X-Fi Fata1lty and OMG it's fabulous, the sound quality is just so good it's unbelievable. Playing BF2 with the sound set to ultra just produces much more realistic sounds than my onboard audio on the lanparty.
Even though it's a bit expensive, I would say it's worth it for the gaming experience. Dell 2005FPW + 7800GTX + X-Fi FPS = cool gaming, even though that now means I have 2 Fatal1ty products in my computer :o
I know how you feel, it I go for that card then Im going to have to start removing stickers.
I've recently got hold of an X-Fi Extreme Music card (without X-Ram on board) only to find it is incompatible with NForce4 chipsets. Some mobo manufacturers have released bios fixes - DFI and ABit notably, apparently. I'm stuck on the 1016 bios for my Asus A8N SLi-Deluxe and the blasted thing won't work properly. I reinstalled XP fresh and ti went through okay. Then, as soon as the X-Fi drivers went on, things started to go awry.
Seems strange that Creative would release a card and it not be 100% compatible with NForce4 chipsets, probably the most popular of the s939 chipsets.
Does anyone know if the 1017 beta for the A8N SLi-Deluxe fixes the problem? If not, it looks like I'll have to send the card away for it to be reflashed to be compatible (as has happened with a fair few people on another forum).
Edit: Updated to 1017.004 beta bios, formatted and reinstalled. Booted/rebooted fine last night, shall see if it works from cold. Fingers crossed.
Originally Posted by jeff_vs Yes, but still haven't gotten their act together for us digital lovers. All this EAX surround BS only works if you are hooked up to the amp via the 3.5 mm mini jacks.
Does anyone know if this is an issue with the elite pro version? as I can't seem to find any information on the subject
I forgot I posted this so long ago. Since then, I have gotten the AuzenTech XPlosion 7.1 sound card with the CMI 8770 chip (from Newegg).
I LOVE this freakin' card. all those wires are GONE, replaced by ONE optical cable. This card is amazing, and actually has the op amps in DIP sockets, so they are user replaceable for even higher end units (if for some reason you actually use them). It also has an on-board pinout for the old Live! compatible Digital I/O daughter board (made by some obscure Korean or Chinese company).
Installation was flawless and there are NO FREAKIN' ADS floating around, I highly doubt Creative will ever win me back.
I have yet to run into any EAX related surround sound compatibility issues, though, the most recent game I have played is Descent III (but, on a 110" screen).
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Seems strange that Creative would release a card and it not be 100% compatible with NForce4 chipsets, probably the most popular of the s939 chipsets.
Does anyone know if the 1017 beta for the A8N SLi-Deluxe fixes the problem? If not, it looks like I'll have to send the card away for it to be reflashed to be compatible (as has happened with a fair few people on another forum).
Edit: Updated to 1017.004 beta bios, formatted and reinstalled. Booted/rebooted fine last night, shall see if it works from cold. Fingers crossed.
I LOVE this freakin' card. all those wires are GONE, replaced by ONE optical cable. This card is amazing, and actually has the op amps in DIP sockets, so they are user replaceable for even higher end units (if for some reason you actually use them). It also has an on-board pinout for the old Live! compatible Digital I/O daughter board (made by some obscure Korean or Chinese company).
Installation was flawless and there are NO FREAKIN' ADS floating around, I highly doubt Creative will ever win me back.
I have yet to run into any EAX related surround sound compatibility issues, though, the most recent game I have played is Descent III (but, on a 110" screen).
Jeff