Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

[Darksniper75]

Re: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic

Yes and no. I've tried headphones. I don't have other speakers yet. I was going to get either a nice Sennheiser or Bose set, but can't quite get myself to spend $150 on headphones yet when for another $100 I can get surround sound. Only thing is, I don't get to play loudly that often =/

Hey mate,

I'm enjoying my XiFi Music with a Sennheiser HD457, costed me about 60$. Great quality, and superb surround sound effects when in headphone mode. Give them a try. You will love them. Sweet price, sweet quality. That's how I would rate it.

Cheers

[N2K]

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I have X-Fi and I'm using it with TECHNICS headphones. Very cool... I can tell you where the enemy is coming from with my eyes closed.

Yea i do that, with my squad i just tell em to stop and look around, the some noob pops out

[TrueCanadian]

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Hey Guys

Wanted to post again to this thread, i finally got my Xfi last night, WOW what a diffrence, im getting 15-20 FPS better

im hearing more sounds than i ever knew where possible from BF2
listining to di.fm (internet radio) even that sounds so much better

i went from an onboard AC97 (something or other) to the Xfi what a switch, love the card

[Talus]

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Hello there fellow Hamilton BF2-type person!

Glad you're enjoying your X-Fi!

Did you get it locally? If so, where?

[N2K]

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Sort of, i bought it at a show special, after hearing the demo i fell in love

[bloodbrood]

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I seem to have a problem NO ONE has here. I popped in an xfi and my performance in BF2 (FPS wise) has decreased dramatically. Ive updated the drivers and everything but I believe I have lost 30 fps. Can anyone help me out?

[N2K]

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What are you running in the background?

And, did you choose Creative Mode in game settings, and Game Mode on Audio Console?

Did you also install all downloads in the creative website?

[bloodbrood]

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What are you running in the background?

And, did you choose Creative Mode in game settings, and Game Mode on Audio Console?

Did you also install all downloads in the creative website?

Im not running anyhting in the background. I ve even tested it out. I disbled the xfi and played bg2 getting 80+ fps and when i enbled it I was getting 40 below and VERY VERY laggy. Yes, its on GAME MODE. My settings in game are Creative XFI on ULTRA HIGH.

[N2K]

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Did you install Openal update?

Oh yea also do this

Control Panel>Sound and Audio Devices

Under Speaker Settings click Advance and choose Performance Tab

And choose the Hardware Acceleration to a the one after None.

Hope that helps try that out if not try putting it to none.

[bloodbrood]

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Its at full accelaration. What esle can I do?

[N2K]

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Drop it to Basic accelaration

[bloodbrood]

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Drop it to Basic accelaration

Wow so now I wont be using the card I spent good money on since ill be basically shutting it off? Is this right?

EDIT: Tried that and no difference. Its unplayable now.

[N2K]

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Hmm basic actualy worked best for, still uses the card but only when it needs...

Did you try reinstalling BF2 or doing a fresh install?

Did you also uninstall all previous drivers or when doing a reinstall did you use a driver cleaner?

[bloodbrood]

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Hmm basic actualy worked best for, still uses the card but only when it needs...

Did you try reinstalling BF2 or doing a fresh install?

Did you also uninstall all previous drivers or when doing a reinstall did you use a driver cleaner?

1) I have reinstalled BF2 completely
2) I uninstalled the WHOLE sound card (everything) and then ran driver cleaner.

I am completely stumped right now.

EDIT: Game plays PERFECTLY on HARDWARE and HIGH settings all the features turned off in the GAME MODE console.
Game plays perfectly also with Creative X-fi on HIGH settings BUT with CMSS-3D DISBLAED completely.

[N2K]

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Hmm, did you remove EAX on your BF2 audio panel