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Hi! i need to know what difrence they are between this two sound cards...
 
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2005/10/31/creative_xfi/8
 
and this
 
http://techreport.com/articles.x/13874/3
 
Have the same chip, but a diferent drivers style.
 
Tecnical info will be good too!
 
thanks!

 

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The X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS is basically the exact same card as the XtremeMusic and Platinum, except with 64 MB X-RAM rather than just the 2 MB on the other two cards and the 5.25" front-panel bay also bundled with the Platinum. They're not known for especially high sound quality these days, but should be decent.
 
The X-Fi Prelude is built for high-end sound quality from the get-go, so it should sound better, but it does still use Creative drivers (despite my hopes back when it was just announced). The latest ones are quite usable, thankfully, and if the Auzentech-provided drivers don't do it, there's the Daniel_K X-Fi Support Pack.

 

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The X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS is basically the exact same card as the XtremeMusic and Platinum, except with 64 MB X-RAM rather than just the 2 MB on the other two cards and the 5.25" front-panel bay also bundled with the Platinum. They're not known for especially high sound quality these days, but should be decent.
 
The X-Fi Prelude is built for high-end sound quality from the get-go, so it should sound better, but it does still use Creative drivers (despite my hopes back when it was just announced). The latest ones are quite usable, thankfully, and if the Auzentech-provided drivers don't do it, there's the Daniel_K X-Fi Support Pack.

 
thanks very much...
 
 
so then... if I use the drivers beta of creative for win 8 (auzen dont publish nothing) on a prelude, should be work TEORIHCALY. i am right?

 

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thanks very much...
 
so then... if I use the drivers beta of creative for win 8 (auzen dont publish nothing) on a prelude, should be work TEORIHCALY. i am right?

 
I don't think Creative's driver releases will just work on the Prelude, no. The hardware ID wouldn't be present in the driver .INF files.
 
That's why you want to go for one of the unofficial Daniel_K packs. Those generally support the Prelude along with Creative's own cards.

 

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I don't think Creative's driver releases will just work on the Prelude, no. The hardware ID wouldn't be present in the driver .INF files.
 
That's why you want to go for one of the unofficial Daniel_K packs. Those generally support the Prelude along with Creative's own cards.

ok fine, Thanks again! /Y)