Hey all,
I'm currently in the process of building a new PC. The thing is, I cant use my old soundcard any more (for one, I hear crackling at full volume, for another: I need a coaxial/digital input for my new headphones (X-TATIC 5.1).
Basically, these are the 5 to consider... I think (any other suggestions?).
• Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
The cards above are the only cards capable of coaxial/digital input.
The cards in bold are a leap up in price range as they come with an X-Fi I/O Drive Upgrade:
The Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic and the X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty are not in bold as they comes on their own (there is another upgrade to give it coaxial/optical input – see below).
None of the cards above actually have build in coaxial/digital inputs but need an extension such as the one above (the x-fi extreme gamer normal version is not compatible with any of these).
There is a cheaper version of the upgrade kit above which is simply a coaxial/digital input/output extension: Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module.
Therefore, I would ideally like to get the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music or the X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty along with the Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module (not sure what the differences are - any ideas?)
That is unless you guys can highly recommend one of the others over the X-Fi Xtreme Music. Basically, I would really like to know the differences between each card.
(n.b. The new PC will be for high quality gaming and music, therefore this choice is quite important for me)
Thanks guys.
I'm currently in the process of building a new PC. The thing is, I cant use my old soundcard any more (for one, I hear crackling at full volume, for another: I need a coaxial/digital input for my new headphones (X-TATIC 5.1).
Basically, these are the 5 to consider... I think (any other suggestions?).
• Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty
• Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
The cards above are the only cards capable of coaxial/digital input.
The cards in bold are a leap up in price range as they come with an X-Fi I/O Drive Upgrade:
The Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic and the X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty are not in bold as they comes on their own (there is another upgrade to give it coaxial/optical input – see below).
None of the cards above actually have build in coaxial/digital inputs but need an extension such as the one above (the x-fi extreme gamer normal version is not compatible with any of these).
There is a cheaper version of the upgrade kit above which is simply a coaxial/digital input/output extension: Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module.
Therefore, I would ideally like to get the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music or the X-Fi Extreme Gamer Fatal1ty along with the Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module (not sure what the differences are - any ideas?)
That is unless you guys can highly recommend one of the others over the X-Fi Xtreme Music. Basically, I would really like to know the differences between each card.
(n.b. The new PC will be for high quality gaming and music, therefore this choice is quite important for me)
Thanks guys.