What all X-Fi owners have been waiting for!

[EagleDM]

Yes, pulseaudio IS crap. no, not using it right now.

just trying to figure it out a way to use all channels in multichannel..
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[EagleDM]

Finally !

As of July 12, the newest Kernel 2.6.31-2 included in the Karmic Koala Daily Builds includes FULL Support for the entire X-Fi...

[EagleDM]

I actually have BOTH cards, so I pretty much expect it to NOT suck because I love both tecnologies (GT200 and RV770) so, time will tell.

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[EagleDM]

I beg to differ, currently, I have both, NVIDIA AND ATI machines working at the Lab and I can assure you, the AMD machine (Radeon HD4870X2) is working...

[EagleDM]

I'm in the same road as you, sure a NB is not the same thing as a 4870x2, thermally speaking and, for me, having a toaster inside my case is no joke ...

[EagleDM]

The Xonar does output 5.1 perfectly, but has a problem with the ALSA Mixer, the hardware DOES NOT support a "master volume" and as such you...

[EagleDM]

No, it was stated a lot of times.

Current Open Source Creative X-Fi drivers DO NOT output 5.1, only stereo output.

BTW:...

[EagleDM]

Don't forget the basics:

WORKING VOLTAGE AND CLOCK THROTLE (with powermizer).

My 4870X2 is currently idling at 65 degrees...

[EagleDM]

And no signs of AMD AVIVO HD being implemented on drivers, just a bunch of disabled files, oh man, I can't take this any longer, I'm installing the GTX260...

[EagleDM]

wont work on Catalyst 8.11 Beta in Ubuntu Intrepid


[email protected]:/access/main/Downloads# cat gkrellm-aticonfig.patch | patch -p0 ...

[EagleDM]

Actually, for your consideration, I "DID" try what you want to know..

I put my Audigy2 ZS in stereo configuration (disabling the...

[EagleDM]

forget about the "conflicting licences" they just copy and paste the default licence of their private drivers on top of the free public driver,...

[EagleDM]

Gaming with a software rendering soundcard is not so happy flowers, for example I have both, xonar DX and X-Fi in both vista an ubuntu, if you compare...

[EagleDM]

Best Drivers Ever!


Just make and make install, reboot and that's it !!!

First time I heard my beautiful X-Fi on...

[EagleDM]

Yeah, that could be awesome, so people could go ahead and say Microsoft reinvented the wheel, ehr, I mean, the Cube...