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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
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Location: IoW
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So my X-fi card went the way of the Dodo, and it didn't go quietly into the night. I didn't know about the Screech of Death until I googled.
No worries, I fired up the onboard HD Audio. I can't believe how muddy it sounds, compared to a (working) X-fi card.
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bobbdobbs
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:10 pm
Posts: 5490
Location: just behind you!
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I think it was circa 2000 that I last had an independent soundcard!
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Linux_User
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Tue May 05, 2009 3:29 pm
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I gave up on X-Fi because of the cr@p drivers and routinely re-producible bugs in the software.
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jonlumb
Spends far too much time on here
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 6:44 pm
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Location: Exeter
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I've stopped using a sound card as well, as there are a fair selection of motherboards out now with coaxial and optical outputs, which I can then run straight into a DAC, which is going to sound a lot better than any inbuilt card, so long as you can cope with just 2 channel sound.
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koli
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 5:12 pm
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I found exactly the same thing. But the fact is, the best way to find out how good/bad something is-is to try something better and then come back. Doing this I was able to tell how much difference more ram makes (going from 2gb, to 4gb and to 8gb and they going back down to 4gb and 2gb) or how much faster SSD is compared to a regular hard drive (now when I use non-ssd rig I am tearing my hair out).
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Spreadie
I haven't seen my friends in so long
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 6:06 pm
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Location: IoW
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Yep, any time I need reassurance that my SSD was worth the money, I just fire up my spare machine. 
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l3v1ck
What's a life?
Joined: Fri Apr 24, 2009 10:21 am
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Location: The Right Side of the Pennines (metaphorically & geographically)
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Indeed. I think mine was a SoundBlaster 64 Value (I forget the exact name) God, I feel old now.  EDIT SoundBlaster AWE64 Value to be exact.
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cloaked_wolf
What's a life?
Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:46 pm
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Pah! My last proper soundcard was a Soundblaster 16 c. 1993
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