Question about Sound Blaster cards

[twister86]

Hi guys,

I currently am a owner of a X-Fi Titanium Sound Blaster that i'm very happy about, however, I am looking to buy a new sound blaster card that offers the same quality or sound quality as this card got and with today's market I can't find this card anymore however I found a few else cards that are being sold and these are;

Internal
Sound Blaster Audigy Fx
Sound Blaster Audigy Rx
Sound Blaster Z PCIe Retail
Sound Blaster Zx
Sound Blaster ZxR

External
Sound Blaster X-Fi Go! Pro
Sound Blaster X-Fi HD

Now what are the differences between these, besides the price tag, what is their release dates, what OS do they support, what software do they bring, what audio codec or model if such thing is on each one? (also if possible can find out which one Titanium uses?)

I plan to use it on a Windows 10 64-bit system and right now I am using a
Volume Panel for Creative SB X-Fi with 3 modes, Entertainment, Gaming and one other I forgot but i'm using Entertainment , and my settings are
Speakers: 5.1
EAX Effects: Enabled
CMSS-3D: Enabled
X-Fi Crystallizer: Enabled (Stereo Xpand)
SVM: On

So if a software have similar available options like this i'm happy, I tried google and look on youtube but I couldn't find anything about these sound cards nor the software they are running.

 

[heavyartillary9]

the audigy is closest to the titanium, i have had both, the audigy is a bit better, the different audigy's are only what slot they fit in, the z and x series are audiophile level sound cards, and the x-fi hd and go are good, but your paying extra for the mobility

 

[twister86]

the audigy is closest to the titanium, i have had both, the audigy is a bit better, the different audigy's are only what slot they fit in, the z and x series are audiophile level sound cards, and the x-fi hd and go are good, but your paying extra for the mobility

Does the audigy series fx/rx use the same console launcher and entertainment mode interface as Titanium?
are they based on the same audio codec model?

Seems like both the Audigy models are PCIe only so easy to fit in motherboard.

I'm talking about this interface:

 

[heavyartillary9]

hmm, I have a titanium installed in my system now and haven't seen that, I'm gonna have to go look for it XD

 

[twister86]

You havn't seen this interface? It's what brings Titanium alive.. and your sound alive.

 

[heavyartillary9]

nope, all i got is the creative audio control panel... im so jealous

 

[heavyartillary9]

wait, what titanium do you have, i just realized there is like 20 different ones

 

[twister86]

You should download the whole console interface then.

I just have the normal X-Fi titanium, and you?

 

[heavyartillary9]

Yeah I can't find it or the download link

 

[heavyartillary9]

And I got the same exact card D:

 

[twister86]

If you got Windows 7 , i just used the following CD in the box
If you got Windows 10, you have to download Daniel_K's X-fi drivers ,
http://danielkawakami.blogspot.se/

 

[heavyartillary9]

awesome! thanks, so back to your issue, why do you want a new card at all ?

 

[twister86]

Because I bought a new computer with Windows 10.

 

[heavyartillary9]

ah, then you might be best off going with an Audigy, if you have a laptop/ use a lot of different PC's then I would go with a usb audio card, but any sound blaster cards are really great

 

[SinxarKnights]

The Sound Blaster Z isn't bad at all either. Wouldn't go so far to say it is an audiophile level sound card. It works with the official drivers in Windows 10 and sounds the same as my old X-Fi XtremeGamer (thankfully, was worried about this).

I don't know what the Audigy has in terms of features but the Z matches the XtremeGamer in that department. The reason why I switched is because the official driver didn't work correctly in Windows 10, which I guess you guys know this by now.

EAX has been unsupported since Vista. CMSS-3D no longer exist in recent cards.

Overall for a new card that stacks up well vs the older X-Fi cards the Z is not bad. If you need higher SNR the ZxR is where its at.

I picked up mine last year on the Creative store on the black Friday sale (wow, has it really been a year already...). The card alone was like $60 USD. I got the combo speakers + card for $110.

Just looked and it is on sale now: http://us.creative.com/p/bundled-offers/sound-blaster-z-t6300-gaming-pack

And the card alone: http://us.creative.com/p/sound-cards/sound-blaster-z for $60.