Actually they do market that their S/N ratio is a lot higher than before.
"According to Creative Labs this is not just a development of the seven-year-old EMU 10K chips which have powered everything from the SoundBlaster Live to the Audigy 2 ZS, but a completely new design. X-fi or Xtreme Fidelity when spelled out in full not only supports 24-bit/96 KHz sampling, but it has a minimum 110dB SNR. Which is a step up from the typical 95 and 100dB SNR figures offered by Intel's HD audio."
You can turn off the Crystalizer, which some review sites recommend. It's the extra processing, input/out features, standards support, etc. then which should be focused on, as much fun as it is to poke holes in the meaningless PR.:)
But then again I just use my SoundStorm to output dolby digital optically to my amp. And as soon as I can upgrade that to a Tripath chip I'll be a lot happier.
I type literally all day long at work as I'm busy -making- the games people play.
Honestly! I have a Logitech keyboard at home and bought one of the MS Comfort keyboards with the padded wrist rest. I like the padded wrist rest, but a few months of that had my hands aching, me wanting to toss it against the wall since it kept 'losing' keypresses since wireless keyboards apparently suck horribly like that, and me begging to drag my old MS Natural Pro out of the closet and take it back to work. Trust me, at work most of us have natural keyboards. We know better.
That said, yeah, every time I go to a store I search for them but sigh as there's almost no Natural-style keyboards in store displays. However, Logitech does make the Cordless Comfort Duo, but I don't trust it since it's cordless. Don't even ask about those bluetooth keyboards like the Di Novo. Totally useless if you type fast. We gave a couple of those away after trying them out. Idiotic.
Keyboards are getting more and more pretty and convenient, but they seem to be less and less useful to actually type with. Argh!
Oh well, I'll stick with my old Natural until I can find something better.
So yes, I know the pain.;)
At least mice seem to be more and more refined, lately. That G5 alone looks sweet. Might have to try it out.
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Actually they do market that their S/N ratio is a lot higher than before. "According to Creative Labs this is not just a development of the seven-year-old EMU 10K chips which have powered everything from the SoundBlaster Live to the Audigy 2 ZS, but a completely new design. X-fi or Xtreme Fidelity when spelled out in full not only supports 24-bit/96 KHz sampling, but it has a minimum 110dB SNR. Which is a step up from the typical 95 and 100dB SNR figures offered by Intel's HD audio." You can turn off the Crystalizer, which some review sites recommend. It's the extra processing, input/out features, standards support, etc. then which should be focused on, as much fun as it is to poke holes in the meaningless PR. :)
But then again I just use my SoundStorm to output dolby digital optically to my amp. And as soon as I can upgrade that to a Tripath chip I'll be a lot happier.
I type literally all day long at work as I'm busy -making- the games people play.
;)
Honestly! I have a Logitech keyboard at home and bought one of the MS Comfort keyboards with the padded wrist rest. I like the padded wrist rest, but a few months of that had my hands aching, me wanting to toss it against the wall since it kept 'losing' keypresses since wireless keyboards apparently suck horribly like that, and me begging to drag my old MS Natural Pro out of the closet and take it back to work. Trust me, at work most of us have natural keyboards. We know better.
That said, yeah, every time I go to a store I search for them but sigh as there's almost no Natural-style keyboards in store displays. However, Logitech does make the Cordless Comfort Duo, but I don't trust it since it's cordless. Don't even ask about those bluetooth keyboards like the Di Novo. Totally useless if you type fast. We gave a couple of those away after trying them out. Idiotic.
Keyboards are getting more and more pretty and convenient, but they seem to be less and less useful to actually type with. Argh!
Oh well, I'll stick with my old Natural until I can find something better.
So yes, I know the pain.
At least mice seem to be more and more refined, lately. That G5 alone looks sweet. Might have to try it out.