ozz007
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So with the information we have now, do you guys think this will be a better buy, comparing it against the Titanium HD card?
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Ozz
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Ozz
So with the information we have now, do you guys think this will be a better buy, comparing it against the Titanium HD card?
If they're anything like the Recon3D products (which, being Sound Core3D based, they most likely are), absolutely not.
No hardware OpenAL acceleration is the big issue, along with THX TruStudio Surround-er, SBX Pro Surround (probably the same thing, just rebranded) sounding worse than CMSS-3D Headphone, no ASIO support (though I've heard they're working on that), no hardware MIDI synthesizer with SoundFont support (hey, I like my 1990s DOS games with MIDI music!)...there's just too much that's missing.
At this rate, the X-Fi Titanium HD could be Creative's last good sound card for gaming. Those who need extra analog channels can go for an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude, Forte, or HomeTheater HD instead. (Maybe the Onkyo SE-300PCIE too, if it comes with the analog surround output header, but I'm not willing to pay the exorbitant price just to find out.)
quick question on the Titanium HD, if i use the optical out of the sound card to my external dac audio-gd NFB-12 does it still uses the card dac to process the sound? or do I have to connect to the RCA outs in order to use the sound cards DAC?
either way what will be the best way to get the best possible sound,
1. set PC to Titanium to NFB-12 dac by Optical out from card.
2.set PC-Titanium HD to NFB-12 dac by Optical out, then RCA out to Schiit Asgard amp and plugging the headphones to the asgard?
2. set PC-Titanium HD to Schiit Asgard amp by RCA out of SoundCard, Never use the NFB-12 at all.
Thanks for you guys input.
If you're using the Titanium HD as the DAC, then yes, you want to use the RCA-outs into a headphone amp. That's what I do with my Stax setup.
Ok that sounds like a plan, Unfortunately I bought the card, Schiit Asgard, the NFB-12 came in bundle with my HD800, I was looking for a good setup for my headset, I think you are right I will sell the NFB-12 and use the Titanium HD + Asgard amp as my setup, I do a lot of CPU gaming, Wolf of warcraft, Crysis, WarHammer 40K etc, so i do need the sound card.
Since using the Titanium HD by the optical makes the gaming part useless then I will use it with the RCA out to my Asgard when it gets here. It should sound good with my HD 800
Ok that sounds like a plan, Unfortunately I bought the card, schiit asgard, the NFB-12 came in bundle with my HD800, I was looking for a good setup for my headset, I think you are right I will sell the NFB-12 and use the Titanium HD + Asgard amp as my setup, I do a lot of CPU gaming, Wolf of warcraft, Crysis, WarHammer 40K etc, so i do need the sound card.
Since using the titanium by the optical makes the gaming part useless then I will use it with the RCA out to my Asgard when it gets here. It should sound good with my HD 800
Thanks.