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Sure looks and sound cool, no pun intended. I'd buy one for the HTPC when they are available. Or somebody can feel free to send me one to review. *hint hint*
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It's nice to see Auzentech have a more diversified product line based on the X-FI. I'm assuming the soon to be released card is the reason why the Prelude is at a much more appealing price right now with the mail in rebates. This should position Auzentech rather nicely to cater to the Home Theater/Gaming crowd for the upper price bracket and allow them to position the Prelude at a more attractive price for the crowd not interested in HDMI. |
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One note, that is not mentioned in the above specifications but is mentioned on the Auzen site is the fact that the 40 pin header will be compatible with certain creative Extension products. -exact models, I am unsure but I am thinking you may be able to use the 5-1/4" drive bays with this card!
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The drivers for all my Auzen cards worked great. Some have had difficulties with the Prelude 7.1 drivers but they are usually related to Vista X64 and certain motherboards.
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No the prelude drivers suck all around for all version of OSs. Iregardless of motherboards. And I'm not even talking about bugs. I'm talking about the fact that its been a year and I still don't have bug free DDL, or even any kind of DTS. |
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DDL works fine for me and DTS is still in the experimental stage so some people have trouble with them but they are quite stable for most people. Don't assume everybody has issues because you have them with your particular configuration of hardware and software. Perhaps this should go in another thread instead of ruining the thread of a product not even released yet. Last edited by Robscix; August 10, 2008 at 09:48 AM. |
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Both of these symptoms are apparently well known issues which have been documented. Auzentech is releasing a new set of drivers this August 12th which are supposed to fix the DDL issues and get rid of the dumb activation process, too. Alas, I have yet to "hear" it to believe it.
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