Creative gaming x-fi io drive

Read Full Review. Good sound quality with a ton of high end connections for hooking up to a hi-fi or high-impedance headphones. The difference between this and on-board sound is palpable, whether you're playing games, watching movies or listening to songs. X-Fi HD sounds absolutely awesome on a surround sound system - bass has been tightened, giving a lovely crisp finish to a variety of tones. Great sound, high quality audio. Perfect for music and movies. Nice device. Decently constructed.

Very good sound quality though at this price point not true hi-fi of course. Good value for money. Excellent bit of kit,super easy set up and audio sounds great. Download Software. Accept All. Sign In. Audio Performance. Superior headphone experience High quality headphone amp supports studio-quality headphones e.

So far I haven't got it to work well, I haven't managed to get any sound out of my telly and I was wondering if anyone has used this? Not silly at all. Yes, I have selected the digital output option under my soundcard settings.

The card's definitely working because I can get analogue sound out of it. MikhailCompo Active Member. Hi Matt - Did you ever manage to get this working? HOWEVER - In the mean time, i beleive that these 3rd party open source drivers which were apparently written specifically to workaround Creative's deliberate hardware driver limitations to enable digital features.

I will give them a go now. What are the advantages of the kX Audio driver? DavidT4 Standard Member. I've hardly ever got 5. Click to expand DavidT4 said:. Hey all, Im new to the forum and found this post searching in google for some info and had something to add. I get perfect 5. It did take some configuring in both Vista, MCE, and Creatives console to get the passthrough to work correctly.

I want to connect using Toslink to free up the Coax input. Nom Active Member. Hi johnny this is a theory i toyed with a couple of years ago with the exact same sound card and it doesnt work!!!

It will only output in stereo altough creatives cmss3d or whatever its called will upmix it over 5. This will play your xbox sound through computer speakers but not in 5. Any more questions just ask. Deepak, thanks for the detailed response! Actually the troubleshooter solved the issue because it. This switch is missing in the system settings. Once I checked the 'digital only' check box in the troubleshooter. All the missing sound returned.

It is recommended to consider to add such option in the Windows 10 settings as many users will connect their Windows devices as home cinema media centers. Details required : characters remaining Cancel Submit 1 person found this reply helpful.

I have the exact same issue since Windows 10, tried everything also what is mentioned in this topic but have the exact same issue!

I used the standard drivers of the Windows Update and also the latest drivers of Creative made for Windows 10! I added a screenshot in the hope someone knows this problem and know how to solve this i want to be able to receive Dolby and DTS 5. But has the same options and is of the same line as the Extreme Audio card mentioned by Spaceweaver. I actually found a screenshot on the creative site that displays what I mean although one option is still missing but it is proof.

I am using my desktop as a home cinema media center. I used to listen both to music from the computer and watching movies with surround Dolby Digital and DTS. The problem persists after reinstalling all the drivers a number of times.

Is there any workaround to this obvious incompatibility or bug? I have the same question Report abuse. Details required :. Cancel Submit. Hello, Thank you for posting your query in Microsoft Community.

Sorry for the inconvenience caused with Windows Please answer the below questions to assist you better. Did you update your audio drivers? What is the make and model of the pc? Please follow the below steps for the same. Hope the information helps.