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Old 01-29-2008, 02:10 PM   #5 (permalink)
JohnJSal
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Originally Posted by diduknowthat View Post
X-Fi has a pretty confusing lineup of cards.

Basically the Xtreme-Audio is a rebranded Audigy SE/Live! card with software emulation of X-fi effects, thus resulting in horrible performance when gaming.

The X-Fi Xtremegamer and Xtrememusic (discontinued) use the real x-fi chip without the front panel I/O box and stuff. These cards has 2 megs of cache.

The Xtremegamer Fatality has 64 megs of X-ram, and otherwise is almost exactly identical to the Xtrememusic.

And Finally the Elite Pro has some higher end parts, 64 megs of X-ram, and the I/O console.
So probably the best choice for music and games would be the Xtremegamer?
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