The Serpent Rider wrote on 2023-07-05, 15:58:
All regular (Platinum, Music, etc) X-Fi PCI cards have connector for I/O external drive from Elite Pro package. I/O drive have its own DAC for headphones.
Oh, notes taken. Thank you!
Joseph_Joestar wrote on 2023-07-05, 15:59:If you're just getting started with EAX, this might interest you: EAX appreciation thread […]
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Killermac wrote on 2023-07-05, 15:44:
To be absolutely honest, I've never had a sound card before in any computer. I don't know the difference between the EAX but looking at your list there is no 5.0 game I want to play.
If you're just getting started with EAX, this might interest you: EAX appreciation thread
On the other hand, I care about 7.1 audio (my headphones will be a Steelseries 9h), and my speakers will be a Creative Labs GigaWorks T40 Series II. I haven't had time yet to research whether EX has any connection with 7.1 audios, I need to study on this subject.
It varies. Some games don't support surround sound without some form of audio acceleration.
Other games only support certain speaker configurations through EAX. For example: Doom 3, Quake 4 and Prey need EAX to work properly with 7.1 speakers. You can read about that here.
Thanks so much for sending me this guide. I read it before work and now, after it, I saw some things again and started to understand. Many more questions came up, but I'm determined to dive a little deeper and figure it out for myself. Apparently some of the games I'm interested in playing support 7.1, which is sweet!
Shponglefan wrote on 2023-07-05, 16:08:
Killermac wrote on 2023-07-05, 15:44:
About the Audigy 2 ZS capacitors, are they easy to change for a beginner if I need to, or will it be a real pita?
They're through-hole components so the soldering skill needed is pretty basic. If you're never soldered before I'd recommend practicing on some solder project kits first.
Yeah, I've never soldered before. But apparently it looks like a fun thing to do and learn! The biggest challenge I have, in the end, will be after having practiced a lot in other parts to have the courage to do this with my Audigy, if necessary.
Thanks for the heads up, Shponglefan. I don't think I've mentioned this before, but my build is inspired by yours in many ways. I have your Windows XP topic saved in a fixed tab on my phone so I can always read the discussions you had about it. I even thought of asking you one of these days if that SimCity 4 printscreen you have in your topic is how a game with 1600x1200 resolution would look on a 1920x1200 screen. I tried looking up what the width of the black bars is in this app and screen resolution and couldn't find it.
But, guys, i REALLY hate being that kind of person, because I feel like it's hurting my ability to enjoy the experience of building a computer and overcoming all these adversities, to be honest, I stopped posting in several questions I had because, sometimes, I feel insecure that somehow I'm bothering by always asking absurdly simple things that I should have more willpower to research.
but I'd like to ask anyone who has time to spare:
https://support.creative.com/Products/Product … X-Fi%20Fatal1ty
I found this board new, with the front panel, everything perfect. The value is relatively affordable, but I swear I exhausted all my research sources (I appealed to chatGPT, such desperation) trying to understand if this card is compatible with Windows XP in the 32-bit version of 2002, and I couldn't find nothing talking about it. I couldn't even find that identification number that most people use (SBXXXX). I also looked on daniel_k's site and couldn't find any mention of it. Could someone please tell me if this card would work on my operating system?
ASUS® SABERTOOTH Z77
Intel® Core™ i7-3770K
Noctua® NH-U12S chromax.black
EVGA® GeForce GTX 980 Ti
Creative® Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium 7.1
Western Digital® WD_BLACK 1 TB
Crucial® MX500 1TB
Corsair® Dominator 4x4GB 1600MHz