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Old May 10, 2010, 06:53 PM
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VR-Zone Exclusive: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Previewed by VR-Zone.com | COMPUTEX 2010

thought i would pass it along. Yes i know a lot of you hate sound blaster, but hey, i grew up with them, i am interested in what they do. Interested to see if it beats out asus's essence.
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Old May 10, 2010, 07:50 PM
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Component wise it does look rather impressive. Even visually it looks great. I also like the fact that it has optical input/outputs which I find myself lacking w/ my Essence STX.
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Old May 10, 2010, 08:35 PM
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Sure as hell looks nice, but it's all about the drivers as well. Drivers are what make me steer far clear of them, and since Auzentech uses X-Fi, it's a lot of the same shite.
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Looks interesting, but somehow I doubt that the price will be reasonable. Creative likes to charge ridiculous prices for average hardware.
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As much as I hate Creative, and how I swore I would never use them, I have yet to find a sound card that suits my taste (music quality) as my old Audigy 2 ZS.
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THX Certified. Very nice but we all know how much that certification means...
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Not bad looking at all, although if they're serious about trying to bring out a new top-end card, I would have thought they might want to make a break with the "Titanium" name. Or maybe it's still a good name - I haven't looked at them since getting my Prelude way back.
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Where can you buy one of these things?When can they be purchased?
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They're not out yet, but you'd be better off with one of these: NCIX.com - Buy ASUS Xonar Essence STX PCI-E1 SPDIF Sound Card 124DB SNR W/ Headphone AMP - XONAR ESSENCE STX In Canada.
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