Unboxing my Sound Blaster Xfi Titanium PCIe

[baqai]

I was looking around for a card which could give me DDL (dolby digital live) capabilities and i was looking at Auzentech Prelude but it was double the cost so i ended up getting this card

 

[iNF3RN0]

What about the performance? run any test?

 

[baqai]

no i haven't ran any dedicated tests but DDL is working sweet and there is a huge difference from onboard sound, when watching high def movies the cpu load have dropped down to 3-4 % which was 22-35% before if i am not wrong

 

[BeLoShI]

Well actually it was the coolest Sound Setup seen here in PG after a long time.

Congrats on that Baqai.

Which hardware is that i think it both support the Audio/Video In/Out Features.

 

[baqai]

that's an A/V reciever


This particular model is discontinued but it gets the job done for me

http://www.sony.co.za/product/ht-ddw1600/sku/ht-ddw1600+sp1?site=hp_en_ZA_i


pardon the dirty and extremely untidy room but don't get much time to clear things and there is construction going on right besides my room so dust is something i have given up on

 

[Pleasant]

wth what ur doing with ur Stuff :|
btw nice Card but the condition of ur pc and open case :|

 

[Shyber]

Holy wow. Awesome sound setup there dude.
Where do you get your stuff from?

How much did this card cost ya?

 

[ASKnASK]

Yahan koi dust-storm aaya tha kya?

Hawt stuff though. Really nice.

 

[Stuge]

I would really like to know the performance of SB Xfi Titanium regarding its music capability.

in b/w

Remember-> Dust kills electronic Stuff .

 

[baqai]

well the sound card costed me around 6k and i got it via a relative coming from states

about the dust ... well consider this ... the room was vacumed three days ago and its jharofied everyday :crying:

the 6.2 home theater setup costed me 34k however i would highly advice getting denon setup for around 35k if you have that range, the only reason i went with the current sony setup is that i got it from a friend on installments

the reason i have the case open is because i recently build up my pc say around a month back and since than i have either not gotten any time and ended up putting something new in the rig so feel lazy opening it again and again, and the last but not the least reason is that i have my eyes on a casing (check the link below) and i just don't want the idea of assembling everything into my current casing just to undo everything again

The casing i am talking about is this http://www.coolermaster.com/products/product.php?language=en&act=detail&tbcate=17&id=5363

 

[DEXT3R]

which model of sony LCD TV it is?

btw nyc selection in card...

 

[Faisal]

7k for sound.... how about buying another 9600.I am happy with my onboard sound.Congrats dude by the way i hope it is fulfiling your expectations.........

 

[xKILLERSTALKERx]

your card is great

congrats bro

is it avalible is pakistan

what do you use to connect to your pc [optical ,coxial ,ext decoder]


what is DDL (dolby digital live)
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haf 932 is a great casing
go for it

i am also planing of buying it after 10 muharam or when my pc is back

 

[baqai]

its not available in Pakistan last i checked, it is connected to my digital A/V reciever via Optic Cable

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/technology/dolby_live.html

 

[xKILLERSTALKERx]

you were also saying the games dont sound good on coxial[optial]

does live techonolgy improve it
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its not available in pakistan last i checked, it is connected to my digital a/v reciever via optic cable

http://www.dolby.com/consumer/technology/dolby_live.html

thanks a lot for the info bro

 

[baqai]

no i was saying that unless you have source (movie,music etc) is in dolby / dts your receiver will only pick it up as PCM (lossless stereo signal), the optic out which we normally find in onboard sound cards and other alternatives is of pass through nature (i.e. send the signal as it is without modifying) so when playing games you won't be able to get a true 5.1 surround when using optic cable, that's where technologies such as Dolby Digital Live and DTS Connect comes in, they encode the signal in real time to DDL or DTS Connect which is picked and processed accordingly by your receiver

 

[xKILLERSTALKERx]

what if we connect using ext decorder [front rear center\sub connection in reciver through blue green pink connecter in pc][using digital to analogue cable]


does the dts enable option in sound card count for something?
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dts or ddl which is better

 

[baqai]

to keep it simple if you want to do multi channel gaming and you are using digital connection than you would need a card which can encode DTS or AC3 on the fly, if we go into the details of things than perhaps DTS would be slightly better but even DDL isn't bad

if you can connect your speakers to your speakers via analogue than you don't need to go through the khuwari of DDL or DTS Connect, these techs are only required for digital connection to recievers / home theaters

 

[xKILLERSTALKERx]

I WILL CONNECT THROUGH ext decorder [front rear center\sub connection in reciver through blue green pink connecter in pc][using digital to analogue cable]

THANKS A LOT FOR THE INFO BRO REALLY APPERIATE IT

 

[AI Protech]

This sound card really looks awesome......... and HAF casing is daddy of all casing available here dont know abt stalker edition....... u shud go for it