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Originally Posted by diduknowthat
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.
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So probably the best choice for music and games would be the Xtremegamer?