I wasn't aware of this. What kind of issues to expect? I grabbed the card, maybe i should use it in my second build.

OM606 wrote on Yesterday, 21:38:

I wasn't aware of this. What kind of issues to expect? I grabbed the card, maybe i should use it in my second build.

It sometimes manifests as crackling/popping during audio playback. But not all motherboards are affected by this, it likely depends on which PCI bridge chip is used.

Just try it and see how things go. Plenty of people here had success with PCI X-Fi cards on Ivy Bridge and even Haswell systems.

Has anyone gotten Race Driver Grid to use hardware sound acceleration with an Audigy RX? The option to turn it on is greyed out in my menu. I wonder if that's another situation where the game only does EAX 5.0 with no fallback to 4.0 or lower.

Barley wrote on Today, 03:01:

Has anyone gotten Race Driver Grid to use hardware sound acceleration with an Audigy RX? The option to turn it on is greyed out in my menu. I wonder if that's another situation where the game only does EAX 5.0 with no fallback to 4.0 or lower.

Try installing OpenAL and EAX Unified if you haven't already done so.

But yeah, some later titles are EAX 5.0 or nothing. Check the game's readme file to see if that's the case.

American McGee's Alice in action with an Audigy RX without EAX reverb:
https://youtu.be/J1LXC_zm7Eo
and with (?) EAX Reverb:
https://youtu.be/xZNRnSXRRA4

sharangad wrote on Today, 10:16:

American McGee's Alice in action with an Audigy RX:
https://youtu.be/J1LXC_zm7Eo

Out of curiosity, did you open the console to check if Reverb was on, as per the screenshot that @DrLucienSanchez posted here?

I've installed the PCI X-Fi in my system and out of the 4 games i've tested i already have issues with Quake 4. The sound is crackling horribly. I'm also having very poor performance under this and Doom 3, i don't know if it is related but nothing else have changed since the last time i played these two. I can't say i hear a difference in Bioshock either vs the Audigy RX.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on Today, 11:07:

sharangad wrote on Today, 10:16:

American McGee's Alice in action with an Audigy RX:
https://youtu.be/J1LXC_zm7Eo

Out of curiosity, did you open the console to check if Reverb was on, as per the screenshot that @DrLucienSanchez posted here?

No it's off. I'll try enabling it.

OM606 wrote on Today, 11:46:

I've installed the PCI X-Fi in my system and out of the 4 games i've tested i already have issues with Quake 4. The sound is crackling horribly. I'm also having very poor performance under this and Doom 3, i don't know if it is related but nothing else have changed since the last time i played these two. I can't say i hear a difference in Bioshock either vs the Audigy RX.

If you had any older versions of Creative's drivers installed previously, you'll need to clean those out to avoid conflicts.

Check this post by @mgtroyas who had similar issues a while ago. He was able to resolve them by using a different driver version.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on Today, 11:07:

sharangad wrote on Today, 10:16:

American McGee's Alice in action with an Audigy RX:
https://youtu.be/J1LXC_zm7Eo

Out of curiosity, did you open the console to check if Reverb was on, as per the screenshot that @DrLucienSanchez posted here?

Reverb's enabled here:
https://youtu.be/xZNRnSXRRA4

I think the reverb strength isn't being override for EAX2 apps in the RX drivers.

Joseph_Joestar wrote on Today, 12:03:

OM606 wrote on Today, 11:46:

I've installed the PCI X-Fi in my system and out of the 4 games i've tested i already have issues with Quake 4. The sound is crackling horribly. I'm also having very poor performance under this and Doom 3, i don't know if it is related but nothing else have changed since the last time i played these two. I can't say i hear a difference in Bioshock either vs the Audigy RX.

If you had any older versions of Creative's drivers installed previously, you'll need to clean those out to avoid conflicts.

Check this post by @mgtroyas who had similar issues a while ago. He was able to resolve them by using a different driver version.

The Quake 4 issue is resolved with the latest official driver! Thanks, i'll continue testing.

OM606 wrote on Today, 12:49:

The Quake 4 issue is resolved with the latest official driver! Thanks, i'll continue testing.

Glad to hear it! You may want to check my guide for tips on how to configure an X-Fi card under WinXP for an optimal gaming experience.

Since you have a PCI card, ignore sections 2 and 3. However, sections 4, 5 and 6 are still applicable, even for PCI X-Fi models. In particular, you want to install both OpenAL and EAX Unified, as some games won't run correctly without them. Lastly, make sure that your X-Fi is running in Game Mode, otherwise some of its EAX functionality may be limited.