Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express - Soundkarte - 24-Bit [PC]

Title : Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express - Soundkarte - 24-Bit [PC]
ASIN : B001BS1OQY
Description : Creative SoundBlaster XFi Xtreme AudioPCIExpress soundcard Bulk packaged 30SB104200000 Components Sound Cards
Features :

• 96 kHz, 7.1 Channel Surround, PCI Express x1, Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity
• New

List Price : £27.22
Price : £27.22

category: Internal Sound Cards
brand: Creative
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 3.6
Review : Creative X-Fi Adequate!
This is my fifth Soundblaster card and the most disappointing to date. What is not made clear in the specifications is that this is a software-accelerated card rather than a hardware one. Basically, it's an Audigy rather than a proper X-Fi. The end result is that latency can be a real problem if you want it to do anything more than normal computing. It's no more than adequate. In fact I have gone back to using the onboard soundcard that came with my PC as it performs so much better!

The other main issue I have with it is that the Mic, Line and SPDIF are a shared input - you can only select one at a time. I also had major problems with sound interference due to latency/IRQ problems. Apparently, this is a well known problem. Finally, the software supplied lacks many applications previously supplied with their budget soundcards like "Wave Studio" and MP3 ripping in the audio player.

If you just want a standard, basic sound card this will do. If you are after...