Gaming performance, however, is just okay. I own a SB Live! 24-bit and it is by far one of the best sounding cards I’ve heard for compressed music playback. The DAC (Cirrus Logic CS4382) is of very high quality on this card.
* SPDIF Out control switches between Mic in and SPDIF out. * DAC: CS4382 (114 dB, 24-Bit, 192 kHz, 8-Channel D/A Converter with DSD Support) And it sure does look the same as the X-Fi Xtreme Audio (except for color). Take this into consideration: the SB0410 (Live 24-bit) is the same thing as the Augigy SE. In reference to the CA0111 vs CA0106 question, I might guess that it could be exactly the same chip with different numbers stamped onto it by Creative to attempt to end any question whether or not these two cards are the same except for Hardware ID and Drivers. If you see an X-Fi with price lower than this, expect to find it without CA20K1.Ībout the sound quality? Only your ears can be the judge 😀 The lowest on the rank should be the X-Fi Xtreme Music. I guess the price can be used as the simplest method to identify whether you will have the CA20K1 or not inside the device. So, from this moment, we can expect a lot of “X-Fi” logo and device from Creative mixed with and without the CA20K1 inside.
And in the future, “X-Fi” logo will become Creative’s trade mark for high quality sound. He admitted that the Xtreme Audio doesn’t use the CA20K1. I have discussed this things with a person from Creative. Most users outside there are expecting explanation from this problem. Without it, I will not buy X-Fi for sure. Well, Creative and X-Fi is well known for its gaming capability.
#Sound blaster x fi xtreme audio software software#
Yes perhaps they can emulate the X-Fi software to run on this old non X-Fi chip, but how about the performance? I heard that this card has no hardware acceleration. I think Creative shouldn’t trick the consumer by providing X-Fi logo on card which has no X-Fi chip inside. The “old” chip doesn’t have such capability. They share the same chipset? Audigy SE (black PCB) is not X-Fi for sure, but how about this X-Fi Xtreme Audio (blue PCB)? It brings X-Fi name but without the X-Fi chip (it uses same chip with Audigy SE)?īelow is the real X-Fi chipset (see the different, it’s CA20K1!): This is the “giant” processor with huge amount of transistors and outstanding processing power. Not really a same card, but let’s check the chipset. The “old” Audigy SE ( click photo below for larger view ): The X-Fi Xtreme Audio (click photo below for larger view): I got this picture from Creative’s website.
Photos below are taken from Creative’s website. Is that true? I don’t know since I haven’t checked the card with my own hands and eyes. Some rumours say that this X-Fi Xtreme Audio is not a real X-Fi. Creative has just launched some their latest products.
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