The main difference is PCI vs PCIe. The SB0460 also only has 2MB of X-Ram while the SB0880 has 16MB. Wikipedia has a basic comparison of the different revisions: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Blaster_X … Fi#X-Fi_line-up

It should support EAX 1-5 without issue.

paatudos wrote on 2025-01-25, 17:42:

I have an SB0460. What features will I be missing compared to the SB0880 using this guide? Does the SB0460 still support older EAX versions with the stock drivers?

Yes, that card will support EAX 1 to 5 with stock drivers. You might still want to install the updated versions of EAX Unified and OpenAL for some games that need them.

I would appreaciate if tell why this kind of guide is needed and not just install creative labs windows xp drivers ? what they are missing.

It's not needed for PCI X-Fi cards, only for the PCIe models. X-Fi Titanium PCIe cards have problems with OpenAL games if the latest official drivers are used. That's why I wrote that guide and provided an older driver version which doesn't suffer from those issues.

Thank you!
didn't understand to look for memory amount, I want nice soundfont for midi files 😀 so, need to look for sb0880.

paatudos wrote on 2025-01-25, 18:15:

Thank you!
didn't understand to look for memory amount, I want nice soundfont for midi files 😀 so, need to look for sb0880.

It thought you can use system memory for soundfonts. Just test out what you have right now.

SScorpio wrote on 2025-01-25, 18:22:

paatudos wrote on 2025-01-25, 18:15:

Thank you!
didn't understand to look for memory amount, I want nice soundfont for midi files 😀 so, need to look for sb0880.

It thought you can use system memory for soundfonts. Just test out what you have right now.

Nice, don't mind my words, I'm still a bit of a novice with these. It's a good point to test this first rather than blindly buying something new immediately 😁