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After effect cs6 32 bit full crack. I currently have an Audigy 2ZS that I purchased because of issues with an X-Fi card. I am planning on re-installing my system with Vista 64 Ultimate and was wondering about the new ASUS Xonar cards. They seem to be getting excellent reviews both from Tech Sites and NewEgg.1. Is there a big difference in sound quality between the two cards?2. Are there any potential pitfalls with running the Xonar and older games?I was hoping for a little feedback before I throw down $100.00 bucks for the Xonar DX card. I have also decided that the X-Fi cards (all of them) have an inherent design flaw that causes the Crackling / Popping issues across different MB's (its a crap shoot).My System Specs:Intel Q6700 @ (9x333), Zalman 9700LED ASUS P5E (X38) Motherboard EVGA 8800GTS (512) 4GB (2x2) DDR2-1000 G.Skill RAM Seasonic M12 700W Power Supply SONY/NEC SATA DVD Burner Lian-li A16B Case w/ Window 2x150GB WD Raptor?X?
Drives Sound Blaster Audigy2ZS. I personally would take the Xonar over the Audigy. The creative card ( quite all of them) has primitive drivers under Vista, nobody really wants or cares to make it work right under this OS. For XP, the Audigy is a great card, under Vista, is just a nightmare.From what I've heard, Xonar has very good drivers support and that 'emulated' EAX 5.0 works as good as the real one from X-fi and there's no need for Alchemy or other crap to make it functional in games.If you had problems in Vista with X-fi you'll surely run into greater ones with the Audigy so if you have the money, get the Xonar.
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I have both the Xonar D2 and the X-FI ExtremeMusic. The X-FI is still clearly better at games, but the Xonar is not bad and it makes up for it in other areas. Movie and music playback is clearly superior with the Xonar.My only real beef with the Xonar is that the current drivers have been in beta for the last 4 months. They did issue a long awaited hot fix for source engine games and BioShock a little while ago, but it took a long time in coming.
DS3D GX 2.0 used for EAX 5.0 is no where near as impressive as the company makes it out to be and still fairly buggy. I just keep it disabled these days.Anyway, for my purposes, if I had to choose between a X-FI or Xonar, I'd still take the Xonar, and certainly over the dated Audigy2. Originally posted by: error8I personally would take the Xonar over the Audigy. The creative card ( quite all of them) has primitive drivers under Vista, nobody really wants or cares to make it work right under this OS.
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For XP, the Audigy is a great card, under Vista, is just a nightmare.From what I've heard, Xonar has very good drivers support and that 'emulated' EAX 5.0 works as good as the real one from X-fi and there's no need for Alchemy or other crap to make it functional in games.If you had problems in Vista with X-fi you'll surely run into greater ones with the Audigy so if you have the money, get the Xonar.