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Creative Sound Blaster Z
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Produces good audio quality that is clean with minimal distortion
With this soundcard, audio will sound clear and positional audio in movies and games will also be improved. The Cirrus Logic DAC used produces clear audio with very little to no distortion. Also, this sound card enhances sound stage and audio separation compared to on-motherboard audio.
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More on the expensive side
Unless you need the Beamforming microphone technology, Creative offers the Sound Blaster Audigy for almost half the price and similar features.
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SBX Pro Studio software offers a lot of audio enhancement features
Creative's audio software offers a lot of control over the sound card's features including audio enhancements, 5.1 surround sound options as well as EQ adjustments. This will allow you to customize many aspects of your audio experience with the sound card. The software is cleanly laid-out and is intuitive to use.
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The LED light on the side can be too bright
This can be a problem if you have a side panel window on your PC. The red LED is quite bright and can get distracting. The LED cannot be turned off.
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Can support audio setups with optical connectors
Optical in/out ports are present if you have speakers with optical connectivity, and should result in optimal sound quality. This soundcard also has the necessary analog ports for a 5.1 surround sound setup.
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Short warranty period
Creative provides 12 months of warranty, compared to 36 months of warranty for ASUS soundcards.
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CrystalVoice can enhance mic quality
This is a handy feature if you do a lot of voice chat while gaming and should result in clearer and easily audible sound. CrystalVoice can dynamically adjust mic volume, reduce ambient noise and echo and can also boost your mic volume.
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Can power high impedance headphones
This sound card can bring out optimal volume and sound quality even from high impedance headphones. This has an amp that can sufficiently power 600 ohm headphones.
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Reduces CPU audio processing overhead
This sound card has a dedicated quad-core processor which takes the audio processing load off the CPU. This frees up CPU resources for optimal computer performance while also providing high quality, delay-free audio along with additional audio effects/enhancements.
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Interface:
PCI Express x1
Connections:
Headphone out, 3x Line out, Mic / line- in, S/PDIF in/out (Optical)
Surround:
5.1
Audio Resolution:
24-Bit/192 kHz
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Creative Sound Blaster Audigy FX
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Can easily fit in compact HTPC setups
This is a low-profile PCI-E card and comes with both a standard PCI bracket as well as a low-profile one. This makes the sound card really easy to fit in many PC builds, including HTPCs which sometimes can only accommodate low profile cards.
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May not be an upgrade over some motherboard audio solutions
The Audigy FX's feature set is quite basic, and some on-board solutions from higher end motherboards may already have similar, if not better features/audio quality.
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May improve sound over older on-board audio chips
This is a great budget solution if you are having distortion or other audio problems with your on-board audio. The Audigy FX produces rich sound with very minimal distortion.
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Can power high impedance headphones
Most headphones will be able to output adequate volume levels and good audio quality with this soundcard. The headphone out can provide enough power even for 600 ohm headphones, and can be a significant upgrade over your motherboard's headphone output.
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Supports 5.1 speaker setups
This soundcard has the necessary analog out connectors for a 5.1 surround sound speaker system.
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Audio Bit Rate :
24-Bit
Surround Sound Speaker Support:
Yes (5.1)
Headphone Amp:
600 Ohms
Sample Rate :
192 kHz
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