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View Poll Results: What soundcard would you get
XtremeGamer 6 24.00%
XtremeMusic 10 40.00%
Asus DX 11 44.00%
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Old 08-16-08   #1 (permalink)
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Default What is the best sound card?
My budget is $60. Here are some choices
  1. Creative XtremeGamer
  2. Creative XtremeMusic
  3. Asus DX

I've heard of driver problems with some of these sound cards, any comments?
And if these were all the same price, what one would you buy and why?
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I have the Creative X-treme gamer. There is some crackling in the speaker with Vista 32 and 64 Ultimate, but if your running XP pro you will love it. The Crackling is very slight and hard to hear at a distance but is still irritating for me when im playing crysis.

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Creative's drivers aren't that great from what I've heard, and the Asus got good reviews so go for the Asus DX
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The XtremeMusic shouldn't even be an option...
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I have the Creative X-treme gamer. There is some crackling in the speaker with Vista 32 and 64 Ultimate, but if your running XP pro you will love it. The Crackling is very slight and hard to hear at a distance but is still irritating for me when im playing crysis.
Is the crackling common? I probably wouldn't mind it THAT much. I also heard of modded drivers that made the card sound better?
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Yeah the XtremeMusic is just an fancy Audigy
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So no XtremeMusic?
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Doing it wrong guys, you are misinforming the OP. The XtremeMusic is an excellent card, the XtremeAudio is the rabadged Audigy with "X-fi" which really isn't true X-fi. The XtremeMusic was later replaced by the XtremeGamer so essentially the same card but full sized and moddeable for better quality. If you get lucky you might see it at woot.com for uber cheap that is if you live in the US.

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I would go for the Asus Xonar DX. Just avoid Creative products.
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The XtremeMusic shouldn't even be an option...
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Doing it wrong guys, you are misinforming the OP. The XtremeMusic is an excellent card, the XtremeAudio is the rabadged Audigy with "X-fi" which really isn't true X-fi. The XtremeMusic was later replaced by the XtremeGamer so essentially the same card but full sized and moddeable for better quality. If you get lucky you might see it at woot.com for uber cheap that is if you live in the US.
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The best option is the Asus DX but not in your budget.
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