Creative X-Fi Titanium HD, is it good?

hello again,
yes,iam upgrading from onboard.i read the sticky about frame rate increases,wonder if the 5850 with dedicated soundcard will hit same frame rate as my 5870 without onboard sound?
i will do some bench marks and find out.

i just noticed from looking at the motherboard manual, the size of the via chip that makes the sound.that is no where near the size of the X-fi Titanium iam getting.
thanks.
yours,
@renadier

 

Is this card a Pci express card and will it work with my logitech Z-5500 speakers, thanks!!

 

YEs and YEs :stewpid::infinity:

 

Yes, this card is only stereo for analog output but can encode your games to surround and send it out over S/Pdif (digital) to your speakers.

 

What other new cards r gonna be released that u r testing Robscix? I want to look em up and see any info/specs on them.

 

Any cards I can tell you about, I will release a sneak peak of...
The cards I can mention, I already have.

 

Bought the Titaninum-HD

Well, I received today my new sound card I ordered after reading this thread from Newegg, will put it in over the weekend. I may have jumped the gun and not chosen the best because I dont know what else is comming, but I was tired of waiting and on board sound. Thanks for your assisntance in this matter guys!!

 

You're good. All cards that are coming soon have been discussed.

 

What other cards besides the X-Fi Titanium HD that has been discussed? There is only 3 pages in the sound fourms. Did i miss something?

 

For new cards there is the Xonar Xense bundle, the Titanium Card and USB unit and the Auzentech X-Meridian 2G 7.1. Those are the latest cards and have been talked about a few times. There are threads, press releases, sneak peeks..etc.

 

Thanks for the reply,gonna do some research

Does the Meridian have EAX 5.0? Im kinda leaning towards this card now,its not just meant for stereo like some cards and i dont mind using creative drivers,they never game me a problem. Well Aug. has passed,no release date on this card?

 

No, the XM 2G is not a Creative based card. Sometimes products do not come out when they are originally reported to. Should be around soon
There are only a couple cards that are meant for only stereo output.