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Old 08-18-08   #1 (permalink)
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What's the better one between these two?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102005
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102019

Also, I've read that the XtremeMusic is just an Audigy. Are there any other similar cards I should watch out for?
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the Titanium... you won't regret it.. plus you can use up one of your spare PCI-E 1x slots
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The XtremeAudio is the rebadged Audigy, not the XtremeMusic. The Music is actually a really solid card. I think I saw one for sale somewhere here at OCN that I would get as opposed to either one of those that you linked to. Would save you a lot of money. Ah, here it is.

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either will do you fine... and the Extreme Music is a fine card, the one you're thinking of is the Extreme Audio... which is an Audigy 2 rebadge...
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How's the XtremeMusic work with Vista-64?
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How's the XtremeMusic work with Vista-64?
I don't know myself because I don't use Vista but I have heard it is fine from multiple people here at OCN.

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How's the XtremeMusic work with Vista-64?
It works just fine, but do be sure to buy the retail as the OEM one has driver issues.

retail=all gold plug in
OEM=color coded plug in
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It works just fine, but do be sure to buy the retail as the OEM one has driver issues.

retail=all gold plug in
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What??? It makes no difference...

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What??? It makes no difference...
Last I checked, those cards often had different part numbers and as such would use different drivers. (The "official" version of the Xtreme Music is SB0460 - at least one model from HP, the SB0670, cannot use the official drivers so I assume that applies to others as well.)

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What??? It makes no difference...
Exactly... if DSP's are all the same on the X-Fi except for the real cheap Extreme Audio Audigy 2 re-badge..

In fact if you get a X-Fi and are using it with Vista X64, dont install using the CD. Download the drivers, Audio Console, and Alchemy and you are set.. dont bother with anything else... Bloatware
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