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[URL]http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=&product=4925[/URL]

[URL]http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=204&product=9107[/URL]

[URL]http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=&product=4915[/URL]

To put it into perspective, these are the speakers that will be used with it:

[URL]http://uk.europe.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=27&product=4913&nav=-1[/URL]

Taking this into consideration which one actually offers the best bang for buck, looking for monkey_man here or anyone else who knows their stuff!

Cheers!

Thats sound, (no pun intended) i'll have to add it to the christmas shopping list.

Awesome sound card, got around 6 FPS across all games which is down to the Drivers but all the same it wouldn't be possible without the card.

The general smoothness of games has improved as well without audio lag. I will never build a PC again without a Creative sound card. Onboard sound is a bit of a b*stard and it uses more CPU power than I originally thought.

Not that I don't have a load anyway but I now have more!

*Cue Evil laughter*

Malaktix wrote:
> Does the Audigy you got offer low latency, so is it decent for
> creating music with a midi keyboard?
>
> It's just I need a new soundcard because i'm planning to get a midi
> keyboard and create music with Ableton Live 4, Reason 2.5 and Cubase
> SX3.
> And at £60, that card is a steal.

Any card in the Audigy 2 range will get you very very low latency, the ASIO drivers work wonders, they also come with a MIDI port that plugs straight into the soundcard, in fact on the more expensive bundles the card comes bundled with a version of Cubase, just to illustrate that they are designed to work together...

Does the Audigy you got offer low latency, so is it decent for creating music with a midi keyboard?

It's just I need a new soundcard because i'm planning to get a midi keyboard and create music with Ableton Live 4, Reason 2.5 and Cubase SX3.
And at £60, that card is a steal.

Ordered the Retail version of the Audigy 2 ZS, £60 delivered with Hitman Contracts and Angel of Darkness, not bad going.

tigamilla wrote:
> then control panel -uninstall the drivers and any apps that are
> related to the onboard...

Hmmm, I've never needed to do that..........

Hold on. I've recently reinstalled from scratch, with the onboard sound disabled via bios and not bothered installing the drivers. I've just realised I haven't got any cracking and popping through my SB! Cool!

Pandaemonium wrote:
>
> Disable onboard sound via bios, and off you go.

yep.

then control panel -> uninstall the drivers and any apps that are related to the onboard...

Which reminds me, i need to look for updated Audigy2 drivers, that Creative website is a nightmare to get drivers off.

Tyla wrote:
> Currently use nForce Soundstorm onboard, but had enoughof the drain
> on the system when running loads of apps. Has anyone got any advice
> for swapping from SS to SB?

Disable onboard sound via bios, and off you go.

Keeping to the topic slightly, Just ordered an Audigy 2 ZS 7.1 THX - OEM for £50-ish and looking at dropping it into my current PC asap.

Question being..

Currently use nForce Soundstorm onboard, but had enoughof the drain on the system when running loads of apps. Has anyone got any advice for swapping from SS to SB?

I almost went for the Platinum Pro, but realised I'd have no real need for the box. I couldn't get the standard Platinum as I have a Shuttle PC and there's no space.

I ended up buying the ZS, albeit a 'Gamer Edition' from the States (has 5 EAX-enhanced games bundled with it).

It's a top card and works beautifully with Creative speakers (I have the Inspire 5.1 system).