PCI Express Titanium X-Fi

[FarCry]

Creative announces new PCI-E Titanium X-Fis, now with Dolby Digital encoding at long last

 

 

Creative took the UK/EU Qualifier of the Champion Gaming Series as its cue to launch a new version of its SoundBlaster X-Fi audio card. The Titanium Fatal1ty range sports native PCI Express, but with a few extra enhancements.

 

Most welcome is the ability to encode surround sound to Dolby Digital, for sending over S/PDIF to an external decoder. This is something that was sorely missed on earlier X-Fis – and was a major source of criticism. The Dolby Digital encoding is host-based (i.e. performed in software by your CPU), so a future free driver release will add DTS encoding as well. The Titanium is also compliant with Windows Vistaʼs Universal Audio Architecture, which replaces WDM audio drivers.

 

The Titanium card itself has a few new features. Aside from optical I/O on the backplate for the Dolby Digital encoding, there are now four discrete stereo minijacks, for analog 7.1 surround output. The drivers allow you to associate an EXE with a profile, so the card will switch modes automatically as you load a particular game or application. For those with case windows, the cards are enticingly black, with full-length emission shields.

 

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[outlaw star]

φαίνεται εξαιρετική...για να δούμε όμως οι drivers θα είναι ομαλοί ή πάλι θα υπάρχουν τα γνωστά προβλήματα....

[Thresh]

ΕΛΑ ΡΕ...έβαλαν optical έξοδο στην κάρτα? τι λες τώρα!!!

[FarCry]

φαίνεται εξαιρετική...για να δούμε όμως οι drivers θα είναι ομαλοί ή πάλι θα υπάρχουν τα γνωστά προβλήματα....

 

το αναφερει

 

Windows Vistaʼs Universal Audio Architecture, which replaces WDM audio drivers

[Tzimmys]

ΕΛΑ ΡΕ...έβαλαν optical έξοδο στην κάρτα? τι λες τώρα!!!

 

+1. Έχω την Champion Platinum και ένας λόγως που θα άλλαζα έναντι αυτής είναι αυτός. Αλλά το panel της καινούριας είναι πολύ υποδεέστερο και ασχημότερο των παλιών.

[MasterX]

επιτέλους αρχίζουν να τις βγάζουν όλες σε PCI-E... να φτιάχνεις νέο PC το 2008 και να αναγκαζεσαι να βάζεις κάρτα ήχου PCI δεν είναι οτι καλύτερο..

Για να δουμε τι θα λέει...