AuzenTech AZT-FORTE X-Fi Forte 7.1 Low Profile PCI Express Sound Card
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Reviews(89)
X-Fi's widespread game support in a better manufactured board than Creative will ever produce. Amped headphone jack with upgradable op-amps. Actually supports the impressive list of features on the box... unlike Xonar. Auzentech has a tweaked version of Creative's drivers that address most, if not all, Vista compatability issues (I use Vista 64 and have not had a problem in any game whatsoever).
Form factor will decive people into thinking this is another Creative board with no audio processor of it own (like the X-Fi Exteme Gamer).
This board measures up favorably to the Xonar Essence and has the benefit of much better game compatablity and better driver support as well.
-It's got all the features you'd want in a great sound card, including extremely clear full-surround capability.
-Comes with a Toslink cable included, so that saved a $20 run on The Shack.
I've found with both this card and also the Creative X-Fi Titanium, if you do not go into the Audio Control Panel and turn Off the Encoder, it will sit at the Shut Down screen indefinitely until you hard shutdown.
Evil, evil drivers.
Speaking of drivers, umm on the Auzentech site there hasn't been any released since July. Purely unacceptable.
A main reason I went with this company was they supposedly had better driver support than Creative.
The sheer length of the card makes it so that anybody with the stock NB heatsink on an EVGA Classified board can not fit this into the x1 slot.
Ultimately went back with the Creative X-Fi Titanium Pro.
BOARD: EVGA X58 Classified 760
NB/SB Block: EK Classified Edition
CPU: i7-920 D0
CPU Cooler: Swiftech Apogee XT
PUMP: Swiftech/Koolance Uber655
RESERVOIR: EK Bay Spin
RAD: Feser X-Change 360mm Xtreme
GPU: 3x XFX 5870 XXX Edition TriFire
SSD: 3x OCZ Vertex Turbos 30GB RAID 0 FW 1.5
STORAGE: 2x WD Caviar Blacks 640GB RAID 0
RAM: 12GB G.Skill Perfect Storm DDR3 2000 8-8-8-21
PSU: Antec TPQ1200W Modular
MONITOR: Samsung 305T 30" 2560x1600
SOUND: Creative X-Fi Titanium Pro
FAN CONTROLLER: NZXT Sentry 2
SPEAKERS: Logitech Z-5500 Digital 5.1 Surround
KEYBOARD: Logitech G19
MOUSE: Razer Diamondback 3G Earth Green
MOUSEPAD: Razer Mantis and eXactRest
BD/DVD: LG Black Blu-Ray/DVD
CASE: Corsair Obsidian 800D
OS: Windows 7 Professional 64
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Features & Details
- 7.1 Channels
- 24-bit 192KHz
- PCI Express Interface
Specifications
| Brand | AUZEN |
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| Model | X-Fi Forte 7.1 |
| Channels | 7.1 |
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| Sample Rate | 192KHz |
| Digital Audio | 24-bit |
| Line In | 3.5mm(1/8") stereo mini-phone jack |
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| Line Out | 4 x 1/8" Stereo mini phone jack for Line outputs |
| MIC In | 3.5mm(1/8") mini phone jack |
| Other Ports | 1 x 10-pin(5x2) Front audio header with Intel HD Audio Compatible 1 x RCA/TOSLINK Combo jack for S/PDIF transmission 1 x 2-piS/PDIF input connector Creative proprietary AND_EXT, DID_EXE connector for X-Fi I/O driver |
| Interface | PCI Express x1 |
|---|---|
| Operating Systems Supported | Microsoft Windows XP / Vista |
| Features | Security: The PCI-Express independent data transfer structure provides secure performance, important because audio requires continuous-secure data processing. Sound: With a D/A converter of 120dB level, high end audio components, and an analog design tuned for peak performance, the X-Fi Forte is designed to provide the best audio possible for Music, Games and Movies. End-users can further tune the audio via the replaceable OPAMP for the front audio (L/R). Performance: By using the latest Creative native PCI express chipset, the Auzentech X-Fi Forte provides high performance audio processing on-board while freeing system resources for other tasks. With 64MB X-Ram, it processes complicated 3D sound effects with ease. Low Profile Audio Card Developed around Creative X-Fi Native PCI Express audio processor Support for Dolby Digital Live for Windows XP and Vista Support for DTS Neo:PC & DTS Interactive for Vista Low-profile and standard-profile brackets included. The Auzen X-Fi Forte 7.1 is Auzentech's first Low Profile native PCI Express audio card designed especially for gamers and audiophiles. Compared to the X-Fi chipset reference design, the X-Fi Forte improves the circuitry and upgrades the components. Auzentech engineers created the X-Fi Forte for customers who have asked for a "high-end, low profile" sound card that would thrill music-, movie-, and gaming-enthusiasts alike. |
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| First Listed on Newegg | November 24, 2009 |
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