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Intel Acquires Creative's ZiiLabs (3DLabs)
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Originally posted by FutureSuture View PostSo what's this about? Is Intel going to start competing with AMD and Nvidia in on the dedicated GPU front or are they just making their integrated GPUs better?
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So what's this about? Is Intel going to start competing with AMD and Nvidia in on the dedicated GPU front or are they just making their integrated GPUs better?
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Originally posted by Sonadow View PostWhat are you talking about.
Creative still has some of the best sound cards in the market; Asus's Xonar does not even come close. Especially true if you plan on a high-end home cinema setup (we're talking at least a 5.1 speaker setup minimum) based around a Windows HTPC.
Also their drivers are rather decent in Windows-land.
BTW, i used a Creative Zii tablet before (one that featured its own Zii processor). All I can say is that the processor is downright horrible at general-purpose tasks (it can't even scroll the Android home screen without stuttering like crazy!) but throw it a bunch of multimedia-centric tasks and it flies like a champ. Based on my experience, I'm guessing that Intel acquired ZiiLabs purely for their GPU technology.
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Originally posted by Sonadow View PostAlso their drivers are rather decent in Windows-land.
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Originally posted by Sonadow View PostBTW, i used a Creative Zii tablet before (one that featured its own Zii processor). All I can say is that the processor is downright horrible at general-purpose tasks (it can't even scroll the Android home screen without stuttering like crazy!) but throw it a bunch of multimedia-centric tasks and it flies like a champ. Based on my experience, I'm guessing that Intel acquired ZiiLabs purely for their GPU technology.
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Originally posted by Sonadow View PostWhat are you talking about.
Creative still has some of the best sound cards in the market; Asus's Xonar does not even come close. Especially true if you plan on a high-end home cinema setup (we're talking at least a 5.1 speaker setup minimum) based around a Windows HTPC.
Besides, high-end cinema setups use digital audio which performs identically regardless of the audio card. Ergo, discrete cards are no better than integrated Realtek chips.
Also their drivers are rather decent in Windows-land.
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Originally posted by GreatEmerald View PostI think Creative dug their hole when they made OpenAL proprietary. They thought that the fact alone that they are releasing EAX 5-capable hardware will be enough for people to license OpenAL as well, but the plan backfired. Also, considering their infamous driver quality, yeah...
Creative still has some of the best sound cards in the market; Asus's Xonar does not even come close. Especially true if you plan on a high-end home cinema setup (we're talking at least a 5.1 speaker setup minimum) based around a Windows HTPC.
Also their drivers are rather decent in Windows-land.
BTW, i used a Creative Zii tablet before (one that featured its own Zii processor). All I can say is that the processor is downright horrible at general-purpose tasks (it can't even scroll the Android home screen without stuttering like crazy!) but throw it a bunch of multimedia-centric tasks and it flies like a champ. Based on my experience, I'm guessing that Intel acquired ZiiLabs purely for their GPU technology.
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I think Creative dug their hole when they made OpenAL proprietary. They thought that the fact alone that they are releasing EAX 5-capable hardware will be enough for people to license OpenAL as well, but the plan backfired. Also, considering their infamous driver quality, yeah...
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Originally posted by schmidtbag View PostAs for Creative, them doing poorly is 100% their fault. It was naiive of them to expect integrated audio to never be good enough. They had PLENTY of chances to get their products to be integrated in motherboards but I've only heard of maybe 3 motherboards that ever used their products. Audio is one of those things where it's almost as good as it can get - there could be a point where there won't be any new audio controllers, just revisions of the same controller to be cheaper and more power efficient. It won't take long for integrated audio to be better or as good as some of Creative's best cards.
When there is a single audio device that has the tech it should be expected it won't be used too much.
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