I am having a hard time to decide whether to keep my Creative X-Fi Fatal1ty (PCI) or opt for an upgrade to the Asus Xonar D2X. 80% is for gaming and 20% will be used as a mix between music and movies. I know that EAX and Directsound is virtually nerfed in Vista so I don't know how much of an advantage X-Fi has anymore. I want the best gaming experience possible but want to justify spending the money on the D2X. The Xonar is lacking front panel input connections, which is not a big deal since my headphones have plenty length to reach the back. I am using Sennheiser HD595's. If you guys had to chose which one would you pick and why?
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Xonar D2X vs X-FI Fatal1ty
Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme (bios revision beta F6B) / I7 920 @ 3.8GHz 1.3V (190 x 20)
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Sennheiser HD595
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Re: Xonar D2X vs X-FI Fatal1ty
I absolutely love my Xonar and it will blow the X-FI Fagtality out of the water. If anything, get the Auzentech X-FI Prelude if you want the ultimate sound card with full EAX compatibility. I have owned them both and the Xonar has proven to me to have the best possible sound.GIgabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
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Re: Xonar D2X vs X-FI Fatal1ty
Thanks for the advice. I picked up the Xonar D2X and I must say WOW!!! The sound quality slaughters my old x-fi. Especially on my Sennheiser HD595's. If it had front audio header support, it would be perfect.Gigabyte GA-EX58 Extreme (bios revision beta F6B) / I7 920 @ 3.8GHz 1.3V (190 x 20)
Corsair Dominator 1600MHz 3X2GB 8-8-8-24 @ 1.64v (running at 1520MHz with 8 multi)
EVGA GTX 285 x 2 SLI
Samsung Syncmaster 275T LCD
Enermax Galaxy DXX 1000W Modular PSU
ASUS Xonar DX2 w/Onkyo TX-SR706 / Kef 7.1
Sennheiser HD595
2 x 300GB Velocoraptors in RAID 0
Coolermaster V8 CPU Cooler
Coolermaster H.A.F.932 / Vista 64 Ultimate SP1
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