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- #Sound blaster x fi elite pro drivers#
- #Sound blaster x fi elite pro pro#
- #Sound blaster x fi elite pro software#
It is true that Creative took a pretty big step when they went from the EMU10K1 (Live!) to the EMU10K2 (Audigy) but it wasn’t really a fundamental reinvention in the same way that we experience with the EMU20K1. This has also given them the opportunity to improve performance and functionality in a more radical way than we experienced when Creative took the step from the Audigy to the Audigy 2 for example. What this means is that Creative has for the first time in many years had the opportunity to correct some problems that the EMU10K chips have been having since 1998. For example, the old SoundBlaster Live! uses the same fundamental technology just like the recent SoundBlaster Audigy 4 Pro. Keep in mind that it’s about seven years ago since Creative launched a completely new chip. X-Fi doesn’t just mean a bunch of new products with improved DA transformers and a newly designed breakout box, but more of a fundamental shift of generations that’s happening.
#Sound blaster x fi elite pro pro#
Today we’ll be testing the Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite Pro and also take a quick peek at X-Fi Extreme Music. Surely, it is hard to quantify sound card performance in the same way as we measure our other components, but it doesn’t make it less important. Sound cards can sometimes be almost forgotten when looking for the perfect benchmark results. Sound cards are not something we at NordicHardware test as often as motherboards, graphics cards or processors. Games will need to be specially programmed to make the most of the X-Fi's abilities, and we expect greater things to come in the future.Notice: There seems to have slipped through a few technical errors during the translation. Also, in the patched X-Fi version of Doom III we used there wasn't really a noticeable improvement over the Audigy 4.0. However, that was only a marginal improvement on previous results from an Audigy 4.0 Pro.
#Sound blaster x fi elite pro software#
Our test using the Right Mark 3DSound benchmarking software showed a CPU utilisation of just 4.3 per cent on a 2GHz Pentium 4. The X-Fi is no different in this respect. Music is meatier and crisper when the effect is turned on and, unlike competing systems, it makes it sound natural rather than processed, so your ears don't tire of the effect.Ĭreative's cards have always been a benchmark for gaming performance because they offload processing onto the card rather than using the PC's main CPU. Through a process of up-sampling it restores some of the punch lost during the compression process - the results are startling. The new '24bit Crystalizer' mode is especially impressive for listening to MP3s.
#Sound blaster x fi elite pro drivers#
It's easy to hook guitars or microphones up to the card via the jack sockets, while the low-latency Asio drivers for use in applications such as Cubase make recording as painless as possible.īut even when used for day-to-day music listening and movie-watching, the X-Fi puts in a cracking performance. There are both coax and optical digital connectors on the break-out box, as well as a pair of full-sized midi ports. As with all top-of-the-range cards from Creative, musicians are well catered for with this offering.