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Review on Internal Audio Card Creative Audigy Rx by Wiktor Janeczek ᠌

Revainrating 3 out of 5

Overall good, but expected more.

I recently purchased a new computer and needed to upgrade the card that was already installed in it. In the past, I had been using Audigy 2 Platinum on the older one, and it had made me as content as an elephant. RX has not met expectations. To begin, it was discovered that the card was capable of catching all of the interference that was present in the computer. Despite having moved it to the most remote spot, I still hear clicks coming from the computer on occasion. After that, I came across some strange plugs in the sound of the game Diablo 3, which occurs when 128 channels are accessible. The plugs appear out of nowhere, the sound begins to lag, and the frame rate lowers. Nevertheless, if you turn off the sound, you won't experience any latency at all. And now that it's been enabled again, the sound is functioning normally. When you have many sound-using programs (such as a game, a browser, and a player) open at the same time, the sound may start to crackle and stutter. That is handled by exiting all open programs. In my opinion, products of this nature should not be sold at the price that they do. Indeed, and these drawbacks are only discovered over the course of time, when it is already too late to return the purchased items. Yet, it is important to note that this is not a marriage.

Pros
  • Excellent sound quality when listening to music; after installing Windows 7, all of the necessary drivers were automatically updated. There were no reported instances of downed settings or other issues, unlike what some users have written.
Cons
  • When playing games with a large number of music channels, the card performs more slowly, causing the sound to stutter and the frame rate to dip. There is not a separate output for the headphones.