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X-FI Prelude

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PC Zone Magazine
12-Oct-2007
THE X-FI PRELUDE is the first card without a Creative badge to be built using Creative's hardware and (oh please God no) drivers.

When I first looked at the X-Fi Fatal1ty, I wasn't blown away by it, as it was a complex high-end product. But at £180 was more than twice the price it should be - most gamers with onboard sound would never buy one. As predicted, the X-Fi sank below £90, and everyone still uses the audio on their motherboard anyway. It's not the best, but it works.

To succeed, X-Fi needs to offer Dolby Digital Live, EAX on Vista, and be no more than the price of a game. But, Auzentech's £119 X-Fi Prelude smacks its face into all three hurdles: support for DDL is merely promised, as is an updated version of ALchemy, but then Creative have promised Linux drivers for years and never delivered. Don't hold your breath.

PC Zone StaffPC Zone Magazine
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