Creative Labs blames nVidia for the X-Fi issues @ NGOHQ

Iria · Aug 24, 2006, 05:22 PM

Source: NGOHQ
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A few months ago we reported about the X-Fi and nForce-4 compatibility issues. This story still develops and Creative is giving us some more headlines. A Creative fan site has published an update from Creative Labs regarding the issues. It seems that Creative is blaming nVidia’s nForce-4 for these issues; here are the technical details they provided:

We have observed through direct observation of the PCI bus on the nVidia nForce 4 motherboards that when the crackle symptoms are occuring, the Soundblaster X-Fi card PCI bus master memory requests for audio data are being held off (not serviced) for very long intervals.

IamLakota · Aug 24, 2006, 07:25 PM

I have an intel chipset and I experience this.

amdking · Aug 25, 2006, 03:01 AM

Is this a symptom of most of creatives sound cards on this chipset? or just the X-Fi?
and is there any way to adjust PCI latency timer for the soundcard so it can hog the PCI bus for a longer amount of time? would this even help? hrm...I wonder.

Aug 24, 2006, 05:22 PM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	Creative Labs blames nVidia for the X-Fi issues @ NGOHQ Source: NGOHQ ________ A few months ago we reported about the X-Fi and nForce-4 compatibility issues. This story still develops and Creative is giving us some more headlines. A Creative fan site has published an update from Creative Labs regarding the issues. It seems that Creative is blaming nVidia’s nForce-4 for these issues; here are the technical details they provided: We have observed through direct observation of the PCI bus on the nVidia nForce 4 motherboards that when the crackle symptoms are occuring, the Soundblaster X-Fi card PCI bus master memory requests for audio data are being held off (not serviced) for very long intervals.

Aug 24, 2006, 07:25 PM	#2
IamLakota HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Viriginia Posts: 552 Rep Power: 0	I have an intel chipset and I experience this. __________________ Harley Davidson: If You Have To Ask You Wouldn't Understand!!! System Specs: Mobo:Asus P6T Deluxe V2,intel i7 920,2x BFG GTX 250 oc in SLI,Corsair 6gigs tri channel pc12800CL8 2xWD Velociraptor's 2x74gig WD Raptor , X-Fi Fatal1ty Titainium,HANNS-G HG281HD 1080p 28" monitor,Coolermaster HAF/922,PC-PWR&Cooling Sliencer 750,CoolerMaster V8 HSF

Aug 25, 2006, 03:01 AM	#3
amdking DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 51 Rep Power: 0	Is this a symptom of most of creatives sound cards on this chipset? or just the X-Fi? and is there any way to adjust PCI latency timer for the soundcard so it can hog the PCI bus for a longer amount of time? would this even help? hrm...I wonder.