hi guys, i am using creative x-fi 5.1 surround external.
there are 2 rca jacks.
i always connect my laptop to the HD TV while watching movie
i wonder to know can i directly connect the home use speakers to the soundcard via rca?
thanks!

Fatal1ty series have x-ram features, thats great to accelerate gaming performance's sounds(as games have massive background/environment sound, and positioning)

if u like games, I highly recommend u using the fatality series as my brother does. .
if u don't and only uses the soundcard for music&movies, get the x-treme audio x-fi, it get the same performance as the fatal1tys for the job.
however, if u can increase your budget higher, u can take a look for asus xonar's series.
I got the info from my friends that these cards sounds warmer for music. .

I see. Well, from what I gather, X-Fi Titanium is a full-fledged model that uses the X-Fi chip. XtremeAudio still uses the old chip. Is that true? Is there any difference between these two models?

Anyway, for casual gamers like me, I guess <RM400 is the max I would spend on a sound card as I find it as an added luxury to fully utilize my C3. no offence to audiophile fanatics

XtremeAudio is not using the X-Fi chip. it has already been mention earlier (i was the 1 asking )

the XtremeAudio is the only X-fi in the market that uses old Audigy chip. own a XtremeAudio before. sounds much better than onboard on my speaker. Too bad now can't use x-fi cause my new graphic card and mobo now dont have anymore available PCI slot. have to go back to basic realtek.

Hmmm...XtremeAudio or Titanium.....is it worth the extra RM100?

well if it's me, Titanium (cause XtremeAudio if not mistaken uses the same chip like Audigy thus i find it useless to change to it )

hmm, which one uses the old chip?
x-fi xtreme audio, or x-fi xtreme audio pci express? or both??
I'm using the x-treme audio pci express version earlier(forget to mention it)
they uses different chip friend. .

This post has been edited by radi3tz: Sep 30 2009, 09:56 PM

both of it uses the older chip it seems =/..(audigy SE's sound chip)

how about the X-Fi Surround 5.1? if it uses the new chip , then i reckon its pretty cheap and good.

Ooops... Sorry, I didn't know they are all called veroboards, I guess what I meant was stripboard. Whatever lah as long as you get what I mean I'll just stick with the supplied 5V, lazy to manage those fragile wires here and there.

XONAR has superior opamps compared to the X-Fi (All models except the Elites), so they will naturally sound better, but then again... They cost more than those OEM X-Fi anyway, so it's kinda like you get what you paid for, unless you plan to mod the X-Fi later on. Driver and software of the XONAR is lighter, meaning smaller installation size and memory demand. As for the Fatality, not many games support X-RAM and the performance gain is negligible in most modern systems.

The PCI Express X-Fi Xtreme Audio is just the old Xtreme Audio with an added PCI-PCI Express bridge chip, all X-Fi effects are emulated by the main processor aka CPU.

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Added on October 1, 2009, 8:06 pmI do not think it's the new chip as its EAX support is only up to 4.0. Cards with "real" X-Fi APU supports up to version 5.0...

This post has been edited by Dreamworks: Oct 1 2009, 08:06 PM

thanks dreamworks for the reply.

guess the titianium is the way to go. time to save up.

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Added on October 25, 2009, 11:59 amElite Pro reporting in!! thx to kuchingfight

hmm whats the optimum configuration for music playback?

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Added on October 25, 2009, 12:16 pmhey guys how come I can't find DTS or anything related to Dolby in my Settings?

This post has been edited by C-Note: Oct 25 2009, 12:16 PM

Guys can explain what use of those thing ? and Can the Creative PCI Express X-Fi Titanium OEM flash to Creative rom?

erm....current i use AV amp to playback the music....after mod the SQ will increase?

my set up :

SC > AV/AMP > Hifi......

Please guide me thks .....

This post has been edited by davidbilly87: Nov 14 2009, 06:41 PM


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I'm using laptop and mostly listening to music using headphone. Can you guys suggest me a good soundcard for laptop?

guys...do u know where can get the software suite for x-fi fatality (older one) for windows 7 ??
can we use the software suite for vista??

If you read the box it say "XtremeAudio technology" something like that. So technically it use same chip as XtremeAudio

You can find it in Creative website.

but nothing for windows 7....can we used the vista @ xp one ??
btw guys about modding...can we change only the capacitor but not the DAC...will it give much nicer sound ??

guys wanna ask does any new good X-Fi 5.1 Usb Soundcard for laptop? Leave away for the previous X-Fi USB Soundcard .. the sounds works well but it sucks on the popping distortions for my sensitive laptop .....

proud owner of Creative X-Fi Titanium at RM325 ...

i can't hear much difference except,

- sounds that were not there before now there is, especially in music.
- highly configurable compared to onboard Realtek.
- gaming is a sensation.
- watching movies, if you actually set the rear L/R loud enough, you feel you are like in the movies but your sound perception might be distorted a bit as the surrounds are supposed to be ambient sounds.


oh.. my set... running 7.2 system

Logitech 5.1
Center, Front L/R, Side L/R, Bass

Eacan 2.1
Back L/R, Bass

it took me a considerably HELL amount of time to calibrate those two different set of speakers to balance so one is not louder than the other. but i did set the rear L/R a little tad higher, gives you REAL scare when watching horror movies, especially with girls... hehehe...