I used to always have a Creative sound card in my PC until Windows 7 overhauled the way sound is handeled by the system. No more EAX or fancy hardware processing. I remember playing Battlefield 2 with EAX and it sounded great.
I tried adding a Creative sound card in my build years ago, but removed it. It doesn’t add any value over the built-in motherboard or using graphics card audio.
I used to always have a Creative sound card in my PC until Windows 7 overhauled the way sound is handeled by the system. No more EAX or fancy hardware processing. I remember playing Battlefield 2 with EAX and it sounded great.
I tried adding a Creative sound card in my build years ago, but removed it. It doesn’t add any value over the built-in motherboard or using graphics card audio.
And if you’re someone doing something that needs more than the built-in motherboard audio can handle, you’re better off with a USB DAC anyway.
Not if you’re looking at their high end. I have their AE7 and like it alot better with my HiFiMans than with my Schiit stack.
I had a laptop with a creative card. I had to take it out because it failed and the laptop would get hung up on not being able to identify it.