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System Name | Norfree |
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Processor | i5 3570k @4.4 |
Motherboard | Gigabyte UD5H |
Cooling | 212 Evo |
Memory | 4x4GB Kingston 1600 @ 1833 9cl |
Video Card(s) | Sapphire Nitro Fury |
Storage | Corsair SSD, WD Black |
Display(s) | 1080p TV |
Case | Corsair 300-R |
Audio Device(s) | Auzentech Prelude > Fidelio X2s and AD-700s |
Power Supply | PCP&C Silent 950w |
Software | Win 10 Pro 64 |
No, actually ,the X-Fi cards, by my testing were far inferior by comparison. They could not real-time encode audio to another format(DTS to dolby, and vice versa), nor record @ 192 KHz(max 96 KHz, even playback was restricted to 96 KHz on X-Fi unless stereo, Xonar does 192 Khz, 5.1 no problem). The only thing that the X-Fi card excelled in was ASIO Latency(less than 4 ms vs 8 ms in Xonar).
I was under the impression that virtually all pc audio files don't use anything higher than 48Khz, so having that extra head-room is a waste and actually decreases sound quality in the form of up-sampling. Correct me if I am wrong, it has been a while since I have read up on this.