Creative X-FI worth it??

[Berrern]

Re: Creative X-FI worth it??

The WD Raptor won't make a huge difference I have 2 74GB Raptors in a RAID-0 and I see no difference in gaming, only large file transfers.

Well, you wont notice much change in the in-game performance, but loading times, boot times etc. are much faster with a Raptor.
I went from an IDE (P-ATA) 7200rpm disc -> 36GB Raptor -> 2x74GB Raptor RAID0, and on every upgrade I noticed a rather big impact on my loading times. After upgrading to RAID0, the "Verifying Client Data" only takes a few seconds! I'm always first on the server now :)

[Vw-Merv-CL]

Re: Creative X-FI worth it??

something i found on the x-fi cards
The following is from creative:::


Hi everyone,

First of all I'd like to thank you all again for your feedback, both here on the forum and in direct contact with Customer Support.

A problem was identified on nForce4 based systems where the system ran into difficulties, related to the enumeration of the cards with 2MB (X-Fi XtremeMusic and X-Fi Platinum). This resulted in a variety of symptoms:

- The system may freeze or not boot

- The system may list multiple "Unknown PCI Device" entries and lead to a BSOD

- The system may reboot repeatedly (when "Automatically Restart" is enabled in the Advanced system settings)

Some motherboard manufacturers have already acknowledged this issue and released a BIOS update to resolve it. For systems where a BIOS update is not available we will be providing an alternative resolution in the form of a replacement card with modified firmware. Please contact Customer Support for your region for further details.

[chakhaeboy]

Re: Creative X-FI worth it??

I'd keep the Audigy2. It isn't going to make a huge difference unless you have true surround headphones and most are just stereo and replicate the input to multiple speakers.

i was gonna say the samething. i totally agree.
i was gonna get audigy but "what the heck, lets spend few more bucks and get Xi- Fi "
Keep your audigy. its good enough.