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Old 11-22-08   #1 (permalink)
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Question Which sound card to go with?!

Speakers are logitech z5500


choices are

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty

or xfi xtreme music

which would you choose and why?
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Xfi Xtreme Music, you won't notice a difference with those speakers between the two Xfi cards. Unless you want to build a better Audio setup.
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I would go eith the X-Fi Fatal1ty. I have it, it's an awesome soundcard. I think the majour difference is the onboard memory(64Mb) not entirely sure here, I also think that the Fatal1ty is the only one of the 2 with a game setting (I certainly notice the difference when in gaming mode agains entertainment mode). i guess it depends what you do, if you game alot the the fatal1ty is your best choice. I'll tell that either way you will notice the awsome difference apposed to on-board.
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well i already have a xfi xtreme music,had it since release,just thinking it is time for a upgrade,how good is it for music?
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well i already have a xfi xtreme music,had it since release,just thinking it is time for a upgrade,how good is it for music?
I'ts awesome for music, but to be honest I'm not sure there's a big enough difference (or any) to spend more money over what you have already. The XtremeMusic is a great card from what I hear.
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Xtreme Music is cheapest X-Fi with hardware processing, so get that. Won't be all that different to Fatal1ty Titanium.
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