Creative Sound Blaster Zx
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11 years ago
Creative Sound Blaster Z and Zx Sound Card Review
For some time, we've shared our underwhelming experiences with sound cards and headsets with integrated audio processors that featured virtual surround sound. For the more modern implementations such as Razer Surround and Dolby Home Theater V4, simulated positional audio was hardly noticeable.
10 years ago
Huge improvement over MB input.
Would recommend this to anyone asking about sound cards, especially if they haven't ever used one before.
Pros:
- As a PC user who's only ever used the motherboard sound inputs for speakers for over 10 years -- this was an enormous improvement
- I listen to a lot of music and game quite a bit and the level of sound quality in games was immediately apparent and made my games FAR more enjoyable.
Cons:
- I was encountering some software glitches in Windows 7 (64bit) with the program freezing when changing from headphone to speaker mode (or vise versa) -- which required a reboot to fix. I've been on Windows 10 now though since it's public release and haven't had any problems.
10 years ago
New Sound Card -
Nice card - sound quality is excellent. Upgraded from an old x-fi extreme gamer pro fatility. Sad to say goodbye to it. It was the oldest piece of kit in my rig - 11 years old! Top marks also to Overclockers Crew. Card arrived pronto as usual. Thanks guys!!!!
9 years ago
Ok card for 2.1 channel but....
Not recommended for those who are purchasing this card for a home theater system setup Recommended for those who simply wanna adjust their 2.1 (computer speakers) for better sound quality
Pros:
- It has its equalizer and other tools to use to optimize your sound
Cons:
- 5.1 Channel has a half second audio delay and theres no fix to it!!
9 years ago
My background: I've had an Auzentech X-Fi Prelude 7.1 for the longest time. Being a legacy PCI card, I was stuck using my GPU in the 2nd PCI-E slot which lead to degraded performance (albeith very little), but more importantly higher temps.
Pros:
- -Works as intended
- -Has DTS encoding which I wanted
- -Uses PCI-express
- -External module for Headphones
Cons:
- -Expensive
- -External module loss of quality (apparently
8 years ago
Just a note, if you plan on plugging speakers into this you're better off just buying the Z version, as it's cheaper and you'll have no use for the control module. I will add the sound and build quality is exceptional and you do get great bang for your buck.
8 years ago
Great Sound Card
Love this card. It has great sound, I can clearly hear footsteps in video games and where they are coming from. THe contol module is a nice touch. Not an audiophile but this is a great sound card for gaming.
8 years ago
Great audio for Windows 7/8 and mint. Check model against what you ordered.
--Updated Review-- I purchased this card some time ago and used it through Windows 7 to Windows 10. Drivers not supported for numerous functions through Windows 10 update 1703, so buyer beware. I don't recommend it for anything besides Windows 7/8 and Linux Mint (which loves this card).
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