OnBoard
New Member
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2006
- Messages
- 3,033 (0.47/day)
- Location
- Finland
Processor | Core i5-750 @ 3.6GHz 1.136V 24/7 |
---|---|
Motherboard | Gigabyte P55A-UD3, SATA 6Gbit/s & USB3.0 baby! |
Cooling | Alpenföhn Brocken HeatpipeDirectTouch |
Memory | Geil Ultra Series 4GB 2133MHz DDR3 @ 1440MHz 7-7-7-24 |
Video Card(s) | Gigabyte GTX 460 1GB OC (mostly stock speeds) |
Storage | OS: Samsung F3 500GB Games: Samsung F1 640GB |
Display(s) | new! Samsung P2350 23" FullHD 2ms / Mirai DTL-632E500 32" LCD |
Case | new! Xigmatek Midgard/Utgard side window with red cathodes, 1x140mm & 3x120mm fans |
Audio Device(s) | new! ASUS Xonar DG & JVC HA-RX700 headphones |
Power Supply | Cougar CM 700W Modular |
Software | Windows 7 Home Premium x64 |
Benchmark Scores | Logitech UltraX Premium & G5 laser v2 + Ulti-mat Breathe X2 for fragging |
So, I was browsing my motherboard drivers page and there seems to be some sort of Christmas present:
2008/12/24
Realtek Function driver for Realtek Azalia audio chip (This audio driver together with Creative Utility enableds X-Fi crystallizer, X-Fi CMSS-3D,EAX®ADVANCED HD4.0)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2843
http://www.creative.com/oem/products/software/x-fimb.asp
Now the driver is Vista 32bit and I'm on 64bit, so I haven't tried it. But it sound like you get some "X-Fi" stuff along with Audigy 2/4 EAX. My Audigy 2 (with audigy 4 drivers) did EAX 4.0.
The creative site pdf says:
System Requirements
o Windows XP x32
o Windows Vista x32
o Windows Vista x64
o Supported HD-Audio Codec
So is this for all supported HD audio chips (what ever they are) and if so, will it cost something? Would seem so as it says "Sound Blaster X-Fi MB utility (30-day trial version)".
Realtek page didn't have any mention about this, haven't gone through creative pages yet.
2008/12/24
Realtek Function driver for Realtek Azalia audio chip (This audio driver together with Creative Utility enableds X-Fi crystallizer, X-Fi CMSS-3D,EAX®ADVANCED HD4.0)
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Support/Motherboard/Driver_Model.aspx?ProductID=2843
http://www.creative.com/oem/products/software/x-fimb.asp
Now the driver is Vista 32bit and I'm on 64bit, so I haven't tried it. But it sound like you get some "X-Fi" stuff along with Audigy 2/4 EAX. My Audigy 2 (with audigy 4 drivers) did EAX 4.0.
The creative site pdf says:
System Requirements
o Windows XP x32
o Windows Vista x32
o Windows Vista x64
o Supported HD-Audio Codec
So is this for all supported HD audio chips (what ever they are) and if so, will it cost something? Would seem so as it says "Sound Blaster X-Fi MB utility (30-day trial version)".
Realtek page didn't have any mention about this, haven't gone through creative pages yet.