i had tried different slots still the same thing. my many year old sound card sounds much better. I really dont like the built in audio processing on motherboards. Also make sure integrated audio is disabled via the bios if you must use a sound card. Īlso maybe try out a modded bios if you are desperate. If you want creative specific enhancements, I recommend these modded drivers that unlock many sound features, such as dolby, dts, creative, etc. If you have one of the higher end boards, why bother with a sound card? The integrated on the higher end strix and zenith are fantastic. Which board do you have? Maybe try a different slot. Here is a link form creative stating its not their fault. has asus made a beta bios or driver fix for this? but i read on the amd forums the motherboard for all amd pcie from 3 to 4 have problems with creative sound cards. removing the Dolby digital signal to regular 2.0 sound setting would fix it. not all the time the sound would be fixed. some times it repeats over and over and over till i restart. my sound would disappear for a moment and come back. It seemed that I had forgotten how music sounded and I had just rediscovered it.Hello, so i have Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD. I don't even know if a sound card is stil a must with high-tier headphones as much as it was a decade ago, when the motherboard's sound drivers and chipsets were ridiculously bad!īack then, plugging my Sennheisers into that X-FI Titanium felt like heaven. When I bought it, it was considered the non-plus-ultra, and from what I gathered it still was held in high regard even years later!Īn important EDIT: I'm going to upgrade my 10 y.o. In the case that the card can't be salvaged, could you please suggest another top tier sound card? Is it a sign that my dear X-FI shall be retired soon? Is there something that can be done to resurrect it? It began as an unnoticeable background white noise that was instantly covered by games/movies' audio tracks, yet now it can be faintly heard as soon as there's any sort of silence. The higher I crank up the volume, the higher this static sound becomes. Lately (couple of years) I've started to hear a sort of crackling static sound in the background, tied to the volume levels. I'm the proud owner of an egregious Creative X-FI Titanium HD that has served me well for over 9 years with different pairs of high grade Sennheiser headphones and speakers (line in/out, no optical having to swap out the headphones to hear the speakers was a small price).

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