#XEAR 3D DS3D EAX UPDATE SERIES#
VIA's Envy series is interesting but it's really just a snazzed up AC97 codec. NForce 4 is using Realtek codecs for AC97 audio (no NVAPU there.) It's depressing since NV was really the only serious gaming audio competiton left. There is no hype at all surrounding any future developments so I'm pretty sure it's over. Soundstorm has been abandoned as far as I can tell.
The Audigy 2 ZS here has impressed me so far with music, with it's obviously superior clarity thru freq resp and stereo sep, and in Halo with its EAX & 3D Audio support. Onboard audio is just awful pretty much 100% of the time. Just look at all the people using onboard audio and thinking it's superior to a Live or equal to Audigys. Granted its front DAC is average, but it's back DAC is good, and if your speakers suck you'll never notice anyway.
#XEAR 3D DS3D EAX UPDATE DRIVERS#
Even Creative's official drivers support hardware DS3D and EAX2 which is the same as 90% of sound cards/chips anyway.
Between the kX Project drivers and the hacked up Audigy drivers you can really get a good experience out of games with it. Honestly, the Live! is still a capable card. Heh, well I'm glad I waiting a few years before buying one of these 10k2 cards Sounded like a real nightmare. Has it ever been fixed in the later updates? PS I remember an old issue called "The squeal of death" with Audigy that even Creative couldn't explain. I like what NVIDIA was doing with Sound Storm and Dolby Digital support in games but not sure where that is going to go in the long run. And I don't just mean in pricing but in features. I would love to see more competition in the gaming sound card front. Regardless though, it's too bad that pure competition and engineering talent between Aureal and Creative had to be reduced to whomever could sue better. I realize video and sound cards are different but I remember a discussion a while back on some hardware forums, with a lot of people participating, and, technically, it is possible for the sound cards as well.
#XEAR 3D DS3D EAX UPDATE DRIVER#
I wish they had all-in-one drivers that detect your card but offer the latest optimizations, similar to the driver structure of what NVIDIA and ATI do for their video cards. Also, the fact that many older products are abandonded is true as well. But your average Joe everywhere will not always get such an option.
Of course, now, after quite a bit of time has passed, you're able to find it cheaper, and rebates help. However, when they first came out, you gotta admit, they were a rip-off. Audigy2 ZS is rated as a great card for gaming and for certain music applications. Judas has a point but you guys are all right in a way.
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