163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

[camper.]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

what video card is that? because you mgiht be testing dx9 vs 10, which is biased.

8800.

No DX9 VS 10, it's 3DMark06 FFS.

[TheButler208]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

8800.

No DX9 VS 10, it's 3DMark06 FFS.

oh sry

[camper.]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Well, it still stutters like a whore on crack (if you've seen one, you'll know). Don't know why either. Creative drivers are ****ty.

[=98=]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Work fine for me!

[camper.]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

I mean the Creative drivers, these drivers are superb.

[sava700]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

I mean the Creative drivers, these drivers are superb.

Creative lost any new business from me when they started to charge Audigy owners for the "ALchemy" wrapper vs giving it to the XFI owners for free..

Next build won't have a creative card in it.

[=98=]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Next build won't have a creative card in it.

What are you going to use, the £200 Asus Xonar or the cheap and easy Intel/Realtek HD Audio. There is no other competition to the X-Fi.

[camper.]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

What are you going to use, the £200 Asus Xonar or the cheap and easy Intel/Realtek HD Audio. There is no other competition to the X-Fi.

The £30 M-Audio

http://www.maudio.co.uk/index.php?do=products.list&ID=pciinterfaces

Apparently good, not sure.

[=98=]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

No EAX methinks.

[camper.]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Full EAX and DSound.

[=98=]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Full EAX and DSound.

EAX 5?

[Stormy{CAN}]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Full EAX and DSound.

Yeah full EAX 1 and 2 tops (and all done in software), and if you run Vista forget it for drivers if you have a Revolution. The only Revo with Vista drivers is the 5.1, and 32 bit only at that. Oh and Dsound in Vista means nothing.

What are you going to use, the £200 Asus Xonar or the cheap and easy Intel/Realtek HD Audio. There is no other competition to the X-Fi.

You forget about the new Auzentech Prelude? And all the Xonar is is another C-Media based card just like the X-Meridian, just with a fancier package and a higher price tag because of the Asus name.

Creative lost any new business from me when they started to charge Audigy owners for the "ALchemy" wrapper vs giving it to the XFI owners for free..

Guess you missed this,

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=Vista&message.id=18972

and also posted on Guru3d.

Oh and as to what this thread was originally about, just tested in BF2 and not necessarily any faster but definitely smoother with better color and IQ than the 163.44.

[sava700]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

What are you going to use, the £200 Asus Xonar or the cheap and easy Intel/Realtek HD Audio. There is no other competition to the X-Fi.

I don't know man.. right now but if I have to hook up my old 80's walkman for sound I will over buying anything from Creative again.

[TheButler208]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

you won't use creative stuff cuz they gave the more expensive card owners something for free?

[=98=]

Re: 163.67 drivers out (nVidia)

Why should they give out something free when there is money to be made?