Creative Software Boosts On-Board Audio to Hi-Fi

[tommysch]

I have a X-Fi Fatal1ty and it is much better then any integrated crap. Even after the whole Vista x64 driver debacle, Im still happy I bought one. I find a 5.1 analog headset to be better for gaming, versus a USB based one. And I still have a SPDIF out for bit-streaming movie audio.

 

[kittle]

im going to have to check this out..
I had an X-Fi card on my old PC, and when I upgraded the new one had onboard sound. the sound Quality was much much better.. But OMFG the Realtek UI designer should be taken out and shot.. that stuff just sucks.

 

[warezme]

When this whole Creative software thing began was a couple of years back when they tried to sell me a Dell XPS 13" laptop with Creative labs Xfi audio, clearly listed on the item list which later turned out to be a software only patch to the built in lame device. After arguing with Dell tech support that there was a difference between Creative hardware and software emulation they finally sent me an express card Xfi card. They removed all mention of Creative as an audio item from their laptop listings and changed it to clearly state that it was a software package just like Word or Excel or the tons of crapware they load.

 

[chriskrum]

I bought a pair of usb headphones and am going to remove my Xfi music card from my computer this weekend. The headset is good and onboard audio is good enough for everything else.

I've been fed up with Creative and their drivers (their volume panel app is about the clunkiest thing ever)for sometime. I hate that SPDIF and front-panel connectivity have always been premium features with them.

 

[sykozis]

When is Creative going to finally release a decent sound card????