Sound Blaster PCI 512 is the ultimate audio system for playing today's hottest games. As the industry's most affordable sound card with hardware support for Environmental Audio,... more
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(+) easy to install and understand, very cheap, good features very small and portable (-) No headphone jack, space slightly cramped with buttons, requires seperate sound card for cueing
Sound Blaster PCI 512 is the ultimate audio system for playing today's hottest games. As the industry's most affordable sound card with hardware support for Environmental Audio, the Sound Blaster PCI 512 provides incredibly immersive audio with the powerful combination of hardware acceleration, multi-speaker support, and the widest compatibility with a wide variety of games and multimedia titles. Environmental Audio is the new audio platform by Creative with superior 3D positional sound and effects rendering that recreates real-life, multi-dimensional environments with unsurpassed realism. The powerful audio processing chip, the EMU10K1 provides on-board hardware acceleration so there is never a slowdown during gameplay. And, with support for two-, four-, and FourPointSurround speaker systems, the Sound Blaster PCI 512 delivers the most accurate 3D positional audio currently available. You'll hear enemies creep up from behind and missiles scream overhead. Sounds will literally come from all corners of the room by adding realism and atmosphere to any audio source.
Advantages: Good sound, optical connections, complete bundle Disadvantages: A bit light, stereo only via analogue
...It’s not always easy or convenient to open your PC to install a new soundcard. You may just not like the idea of physically opening the machine. It may be you are a laptop owner and plagued by their notoriously poor audio capabilities. In either case, if you need to upgrade your machine’s sound capabilities, the CreativeSoundBlaster Connect is just what the doctor ordered
Installation
Being a USB device, you simply need to install the drivers, plug it in to a USB socket and away you go. The SoundBlaster Connect takes its power from the USB connection so no external power pack is needed which is a major plus point. My system has Windows XP and an existing onboard sound card but it's a bit average. After installation both the original sound card and the new external one worked fine but I decided to disable the onboard sound via...
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Advantages: Almost everything, price, EMUK101, performance Disadvantages: None, This card makes it not to go for any other card
...CreativeSoundBlaster Live! 5.1
I own this card, bought for connecting my Mercury 5.1 Home Theatre system. This review shares my experiences with this card.
First of all let me point out important specs. I don't give full technical specifications as it is easily available in the net.
Main specs
These are the main specs that are to be highlighted.
Patened EMUK 101 Effects Processor
Separate EMUK101 Music Synthesis Engine
Up to 32MB of samples into host memory for professional music reproduction.
Environmental Audio and 3D Audio Technology
User selectable settings, Microsoft DirectX sound support, Dolby Pro Logic And EAX support.
Supports MPU-401 UART mode, supports AC97 (16 bit).
15 pin Female port for joystick connection.
My Opinion
This card is really a very good performer. I...
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...I am always very confident that the product with the word "extreme" in their names. By using a computer, a product that is in line with the performance, reliability and well-supported. That is, either by the driver, easy installation, or other features that I need to use this product. All have a strange obsession with the name Xi-Fi Xtreme, Xtreme Sound.
I wonder, why change something that has been stable since 2001, the last time I think about the sound card? With names like "X-Fi Xtreme Gamer" is what really apart from a previous SoundBlastersound card in 2001, because the voice I had never complained or irritated and great sound for all games, music, Internet chat.
I tried a lot for this computer so that the volume of a sound card is not a problem for me. For those who are interested in the plant, I am pleased to say that this...
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