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Creative xi-fi extreme gamer or xtreme audio?

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i got a extreme gamer soundcard atm and a friend gave me a extreme audio.
I was wondering now wich is the best for me.
I play games and also watch movies and listen to music all on my PC.i dont know anything bout sampling rates or 16 /24 bitmodes so atm i am clueless.
Would be nice if somebody said wich is the best and maybe explains why so i can understand it.
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There's some info about Sampling Rates here. The Xtreme gamer has a surround sound type thing for headphones, thats about the only advantage over the Xtreme Audio.
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There's some info about Sampling Rates here. The Xtreme gamer has a surround sound type thing for headphones, thats about the only advantage over the Xtreme Audio.
Actually the Xtremegamer is better than the Xtremeaudio in every way.
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The XtremeGamer has true hardware acceleration, while the XtremeAudio is software accelerated.
XtremeGamer > XtremeAudio in every way.

XtremeAudio = rebranded Audigy SE.
well audiophiles say extreme gamer isnt worth it
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well audiophiles say extreme gamer isnt worth it
Pure audiophiles also don't game which makes a hardware DSP not worth considering.
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Pure audiophiles also don't game.

what....
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well audiophiles say extreme gamer isnt worth it

ExtremeGamer = ExtremeMusic. A lot of people (including myself) love this card. Exceptionally moddible and proven.

This is for the full height card, 1/2 height sucks.
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What?

lol, Do not get the extreme audio.

Go with the Gamer, Its small, and works great imho.
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what....

Well, whenever gaming is mentioned on Head-Fi thread, it seems that the post is typically ignored except by fellow gamers. I feel like I get stared at with an awkward eye should I mention the "gaming" word in a post.

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ExtremeGamer = ExtremeMusic. A lot of people (including myself) love this card. Exceptionally moddible and proven.

This is for the full height card, 1/2 height sucks.

The XtremeGamer is indeed the low-profile version of the XtremeMusic (both use the EMU20K1 signal processor). However, the opamp package used is smaller and the hot-rodding will not apply unless you have mad soldering skills.
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The XtremeGamer is indeed the low-profile version of the XtremeMusic (both use the EMU20K1 signal processor). However, the opamp package used is smaller and the hot-rodding will not apply unless you have mad soldering skills.
The XtremeGamer does have full height variants. These include titanium and Fatality cards - Which are identical to the XtremeMusic.
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