我好像看到 層層包裝的喜餅=.=

如果它真的只是一個依靠純軟體方案的codec晶片，套上這個喜餅盒完全就是裝神弄鬼故弄玄虛。

難怪它的宣傳文章東閃西閃就是不肯講清楚它那些飛天遁地的DSP是硬體還是軟體方案。

同帖後面有daniel_k 補刀....

About the card itself:

- Recon3D does have a DSP with pre-programmed functions for the THX TruStudio and CrystalVoice.


About the Sound Core3D quad-core processor:

- Not quad-core at all: even the original SB Live! could process as many sound effects at the same time.
- Design is based around the CA0110 PCI Express HD Audio controller with an embedded DSP and integrated DAC.
- EAX is software based, as it is supported through Host OpenAL.
- Pre-programmed DSP with as many sound effects you could find on any car stereo or home theater.


Pros

- Less compatibility issues, as it basically uses simple codec drivers and all EAX gaming effects are processed in software by the system's CPU.
- Dedicated Headphone amplifier.
- THX TruStudio surround sound effects are better than Creative's CMSS3D.
- Hardware accelerated THX TruStudio/CrystalVoice effects.
- Microphone enhancements by CrystalVoice.


Cons

- Really overpriced, not justifiable for such cheap design.
- Average sound quality, even worse than some motherboard integrated HD Audio codecs.
- Limited to 5.1 speakers and 96kHz, questionable for a cutting edge sound card, even if a gaming only card.
- Sound Core3D is just a simple pre-programmed DSP.
- No HDMI connector.
- No hardware EAX acceleration.
- No THX speaker calibration.
- No hardware MIDI synthesizer.
- No ASIO.
- Control panel written in Microsoft .NET, loads slowly and wastes 50MB of RAM when minimized to tray.
- No WHQL drivers.
- Questionable dedicated headphone amp, as the integrated DAC is of poor quality.


The included drivers are not WHQL signed and worse, are from a debug version (just open the .sys driver and you'll see it).

Did Creative improve the software/drivers?

No, if it has less compatibility issues or does not have any at all, is because the drivers MUST be simple, as it is just an HD Audio driver, like I've said before. Then we have the Control Panel which uses a DLL to access the registers in the embedded DSP to enable and adjust the sound enhancements.


Is this a revolutionary sound card?

Not a all.

THX TruStudio Surround is the only REALLY improved feature.

CrystalVoice enhancements have been around for years, being the hardware implementation the only improvement.



As Creative have just released X-Fi MB2 as a retail product, you should better buy this if you DO NOT have a Creative soundcard and want THX TruStudio and EAX5.

Curiously, X-Fi MB2 does not work with Creative cards.

X-Fi MB2 works with ANY soundcard or HD Audio codec, although it needs some tweking for the ASUS Xonar series.

如果音質連內建都不如那就是垃圾了...

看後面的補刀，弟的感覺是•••(對內建音效用戶)

如果你CPU效能夠硬的話，同時主機板用的又剛好是高階螃蟹音效，
想要EAX5與THX功能，買X-Fi MB2就好，C/P值跟SoundCore比，
可能是超級高的...

但不知道X-Fi MB2能發動EAX5的條件是什麼？
弟上次用Vista + 雙核CPU，EAX5選項是反白的，
難道要Win7 + 四核心以上，X-Fi MB2的EAX5才能發動嗎？

openAL或者煉金術?

這樣看來我完全相信它的DSP是軟體運算的了，現在大家CPU這麼強，連Sound Blaster X-Fi MB2都可以用來賣，用消費者的CPU實現EAX Advanced HD 5.0 ＋THX TruStudio Pro™，換句話說創新連硬體成本都無需負擔，現在再看看這張Sound Blaster Recon3D ，我覺得他是在賣一張看起來會發光、裝飾有側透機殼用的卡。

onkyo se-300 吾來也

早就說了是降級了