Audigy...worth a $50 upgrade?

[Bires]

The basic audigy...I would be getting it for the 192 recording support.
How does it perform in games?
How stable are the win2k drivers?

[spigidygak]

Well the performance is greatly noticeable if. . . you have good speakers to output to. About the drivers, not sure on 2k, I have it running on xp and they are fine. I would assume though being creative and the w2k drivers for the live! is good. . . why not for the audigy on w2k. I haven't heard of any driver issues either on w2k with the audigy.

[sbp]

As expected the Audigy has the best EAX implementation. Audigy W2K drivers are just fine.

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Kind of a shame about the MX300 since it was a great card for its time. I tried my MX300 under Win2k but it wasn't fully functional since Aureal died before the drivers were finished. Time to upgrade.

[Aristo]

Can't believe there are people who still keep MX300 card. :) It's sad that Aureal went out of business. Their sound cards are superior than Creative Labs IMO.

[Bires]

Until last fall, I've was nothing be pleased with my Vortex2 card. Unfortunately, the support has fallen off and games tend to not like it-and I miss good 4-speaker audio in games. (I'm putting off Serious Sam2 until I get a better card.)

[DoPeY5007]

ok I am thinking about getting this card linky (http://www.pricegrabber.com/search_getprod.php/masterid=550567/search=Audigy/ut=0c2741024642a6a2/)

I have a live drive already, I just wanna know, I can use that firewire for anything right???...

[Hiro]

Yes, it works as a standard FireWire port.

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by Corsec
Yes, it works as a standard FireWire port. that's right, you better answer me right away :P thanks

[Aristo]

But is it worth the upgrade to Audigy if I already have the Live! Value?

I have cambridge soundworks speakers.

[Hiro]

Originally posted by DoPeY5007
that's right, you better answer me right away :P thanks
pfft.

[JPR]

I have given up on creative until they can get their act togethere concerning their dirvers.

[Bires]

I thought I knew...now I not so sure...

The connectors... Does the Audigy have a Line out-forward and Line out-rear?
The reciever that I use has a 5.1 component input (i use for 4 speaker) and dolby prologic from two channels. I do not have a digital connector on my reciever that I would use to connect to the computer.

[Bires]

...checked card-not only does it support analog 4-channel, it also supports analog, component center and subwoofer. I'm buying this card. :D

[sbp]

Originally posted by Aristo
But is it worth the upgrade to Audigy if I already have the Live! Value?

I have cambridge soundworks speakers. IMO no.

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Originally posted by JPR
I have given up on creative until they can get their act togethere concerning their dirvers. I heard that from many folks. :blush: