Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Fx

Advantages: Decent sound quality for your money. The presence of a built-in headphone amplifier. Huge headroom - support for headphones up to 600 ohms.

Comment: Little background. Gave a HyperX Cloud Core headset. The Realtek 1220 sound card built into the motherboard (z270 Mark 1) turned out to be rather weak in terms of power. The volume was not enough. I decided to buy a pci-e card up to three thousand. I chose between Asus Xonar dg, dgx and Creative Audigy FX. After reading the reviews, the choice fell in favor of the Audigy FX. Drivers on 10k were automatically pulled up from the Internet. I downloaded the software from the site. Everything was established without dancing with a tambourine. Finally felt the beauty of the HyperX gaming headset. Having adjusted the equalizer, I got a very juicy, clean sound with moderate bass. The toys have excellent positioning. The ideal sound card for headsets in the middle price segment.

Advantages: Workmanship (despite OEM performance). Modern software. Easy to install driver. Great sound! I compared this card with my beloved ASUS XONAR DG. I can say reluctantly that despite the outward simplicity and relatively small dimensions, the Audigy Fx still beats the Xonar in sound quality in music, films and games. The support for EAX v.5 in this card provides great sound in 3D games (although, most likely, more of a software than a hard origin).

Disadvantages: Increased system requirements. No ASIO v.2.0 support. No coaxial digital output found! Interference from the video card is possible, provided they are located close. I solved the problem simply - put it away, in the PCI -E x4 slot, and now I enjoy the "silence on the air".

Comment: Good card for good money.

Advantages: I took it for games, in stereo, to amplify headphones. Prices and quality for this price. Strongly pulls the headphones, the volume margin is very significant. I took it to strengthen the ears, in the first place, and I got it. Good EQ, everything is clear, but you can overdo it. I tried the crystalize feature - I liked it, it highlights highs in addition to the equalizer. I tried it with and without it in cs, pubg, I decided to leave it from SBX settings.

Disadvantages: Catches video card interference when the card is under load in games. But not strong. Those. just listen to music or watch movies, there will be no interference. In the game, if everything becomes quiet or there is simply no ambient, such as a breeze or rustling of leaves, then a non-critical noise will be heard. This is noticeable in games, where sometimes you have to be in complete silence. Here, everyone decides personally whether it is very annoying.They say that if you move away from the map, then everything will be ok. But I have both pci-e slots near the video. And it's not a fact that there will be less interference from the power supply.

Comment: First, I downloaded the drivers from the off site, without looking at what the default is for wines7. Put them and silence :) How many people here write that it is necessary to put from the disk. I went to the site again, found a switch to win10, downloaded it again and it worked. There is sound :) It's just that the selection menu is not obvious and below the download button. The card is very good for its money, shakes the bass, highlights what you want to highlight, an amplifier for the ears with a large margin. I am very happy in conjunction with my Sennheiser GSP 300. Soft for 4, but clear and not laggy. On pubg I set it up like this, I like: SBX Pro Studio = Off (only crystalize left) Equalizer Settings: 31: -4dB 62: -3dB 125: 2dB 250: 4dB 500: 6dB 1k: 5dB 2k: 10dB 4k: 10dB 8k: 9dB 16k: 9dB dB Level: 10

Advantages: Price Compact size Normal drivers

Comment: Took a replacement for the integrated sound from VIA. The result is a softer and more pleasant sound, more filled with low frequencies. I also liked the built-in sound enhancer called SBX Pro Studio. It really allows you to get a nicer sound. I don't want to turn it off, that's for sure. Is it possible to remove surround sound, in some compositions it only spoils.

Advantages: Good sound quality, the board will fit into any case, pci-e x1, amplification for headphones, drivers.

Disadvantages: Driver tuning runs the risk of turning into hemorrhoids.

Comment: I bought this board and am very pleased, the difference in sound between the built-in sound card and this one is obvious to the naked ear. All the same, I have 2 TB of music and almost everything is heard differently, the same situation is with games, new sounds, new music in old games. In principle, this card is enough for the average user. Used with logitech z-506 acoustics. I was afraid of interference from the video card since sli closed all ports, and I stuck it in the slot above it, but the fears were not confirmed.

Advantages: For the price of 3K great option 1.Sound 2.Availability 3.Simple and easy installation

Disadvantages: The only downside is hissing when there is silence, well, it all depends on your location of the iron, It's hard to count even a minus

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Advantages: 1) Price 2) Sound quality 3) Easy to set up

Disadvantages: Not identified yet

Comment: At any level of built-in sound card, this cheaper discrete one is better, especially in terms of music and movies.

Advantages: Very beautiful deep sound, good low end enveloping, it's nice to listen to music without any effects, removing everything from the driver settings, setting only the speakers without any checkboxes

Disadvantages: There are disadvantages and tangible, firstly, the headphone amplifier is very bad, in the headphones mode it turns on and it is impossible to listen, it amplifies the lows and compresses the middle and the top, it turns out the sound is clamped very strongly secondly, the card is very sensitive to all interference in the computer if you do not have an UPS , a good power supply unit in the case as well as a new motherboard with protection against interference, then the interference will be strong from phones, from iota, from a video card

Comment: the sound is very beautiful, it is not for nothing that many compare it to the $ 1000 DACs, with its cost of $ 40 this is a gift.

Advantages: Sound, usability, software, the ability to output headphones to the front panel, price.

Disadvantages: Not found.

Comment: Sound card consumers can be divided into 2 categories: who listens to music and who creates it. This card is "sharpened" for the first category, namely, for high-quality music reproduction through headphones, as evidenced by a powerful amplifier (600 ohms). I studied the market for more than 2 weeks and came to the conclusion that this is the best value for money. In practice, it turned out that I was right. Previously listened to music on the legendary Creative SB Live! 5.1 with Sennheiser HD558 and HD206 headphones. The HD558's ears sounded great. HD206 bought not so long ago for ridiculous money purely "pamper". The sound on them was just good, but not shocking. I put this card, and the HD206 was simply admired due to the use of the Sound Blaster program. The ears began to act out much deeper and brighter than without the use of software. The card really helps "rock" budget headphones. The sound reproduction in the HD558 was less influenced, but also for the better. Ideal for those who like to listen to music with headphones at home. P.S .: the older and more expensive Rx model is distinguished by the ability to use 7.1 instead of 5.1., The presence of S / P-DIF, an additional mini-jack input. All these differences do not affect the difference in sound reproduction in the headphones. Therefore, there is no point in overpaying to listen to music on headphones. The card does not support ASIO. Before buying, I borrowed from a friend Steinberg UR12, which supports ASIO (they invented it), the best in many reviews in its price segment. Bottom line: the card is great, but for sound recording. The volume on the headphones is not enough, so there is no drive when listening. I did not feel any improvements in sound due to ASIO even on the HD558 (I listened through Foobar2000, I installed all the necessary drivers, 24/192, FLAC, of ​​course). Creative Audigy Fx for ears turned out to be much cooler, although more than 2 times cheaper. But it is worth noting that if you will be playing sound through audio systems or recording, it may be better to take something else.

Advantages: The sound is excellent. Convenient Exciter Mode function designed for headphones with increased impedance (Om). Karaoke function with the ability to add Fx effect. "Bold" Bass. Ability to switch between discrete sound card without restarting the PC. 7.1 Virtualization. There is a connection for the front panel. . Does not require additional power supply. No noise pickup

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