Delll audigy 2 zs worth buying?

hyakki · May 20, 2005, 11:01 PM

Just wondering why i see so many dell audigy 2 zs pulls it looks like a good card but im wondering if there is any downs to this paticular model.

i was going to upgrade over a audigy 1.

let me know thanks

**dj_stick** · May 20, 2005, 11:19 PM

all audigy 2 zs models are the same card (SB0350) except for the platinum pro model (SB0360)

as well as having 7.1 sound, it has higher quality DAC, actual 24/96 pathways and some updated software

swatX · May 21, 2005, 02:22 AM

actually dell Audigy 2 card are known to have issues and i even heard that they are stripped down versions of the real audigy 2 za card.

i would be cautious before uying a dell audigy 2 zs card! how are u getting it for anyway?

Tipstaff · May 21, 2005, 06:51 AM

I've dealt with a lot of Dell 'Sound Blaster' labeled cards, including their Audigy cards, and I'll tell you this straight up: Dell gets Creative to make the card for them according to a specific specification. Problem is this: all the Dell 'Sound Blaster' cards are SOFTWARE DRIVEN. Yes, software driven. These cards are missing their major processing chips in order to lower the cost of the cards. That's why they are so damn cheap.

My advice: Get the card from the source.. and that means Creative. Anywhere else, and it'd be a knockoff.. or worse in Dells case.. then it'd be a 'wannabe'. @$#! wannabes.

-Tip

hyakki · Jun 1, 2005, 01:32 PM

thanks for the heads up ..i will buy one from creative sometime this month ...as i have just gotten my 25% off creative product class-action law suite winning in my email (was a class actiony law suite anyone who had a audigy 1 could get 25% off creative product since they lied about its 24 bit or something)

swatX · Jun 2, 2005, 12:41 AM

if i were you i would wait for their new sound cards to be released..

might be a year till we see new creative x-fi based sound cards..

however if u want to buy the ZS go ahead.. its a neat card..

**dj_stick** · Jun 2, 2005, 01:03 AM

tipstaff - the original dell Soundblaster Live! cards were not true cards

however their Audigy 2 ZS cards are no different from retail cards - the model number "SB0350" is the same

swatX · Jun 2, 2005, 01:41 AM

hmm i am sure they are as one of the diffrence are that you cant use dell OEM audigy2

to connect to live drive..

May 20, 2005, 11:01 PM	#1
hyakki DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	Dell audigy 2 zs worth buying? Just wondering why i see so many dell audigy 2 zs pulls it looks like a good card but im wondering if there is any downs to this paticular model. i was going to upgrade over a audigy 1. let me know thanks Last edited by hyakki; Jun 1, 2005 at 02:30 PM.

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swatX ba\|\\|\\|ed Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 618 Rep Power: 0	actually dell Audigy 2 card are known to have issues and i even heard that they are stripped down versions of the real audigy 2 za card. i would be cautious before uying a dell audigy 2 zs card! how are u getting it for anyway? __________________ thx stick for the sig

May 21, 2005, 06:51 AM	#4
Tipstaff HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Real capital of Canada: Torauna Posts: 6,659 Rep Power: 187 System Specs	I've dealt with a lot of Dell 'Sound Blaster' labeled cards, including their Audigy cards, and I'll tell you this straight up: Dell gets Creative to make the card for them according to a specific specification. Problem is this: all the Dell 'Sound Blaster' cards are SOFTWARE DRIVEN. Yes, software driven. These cards are missing their major processing chips in order to lower the cost of the cards. That's why they are so damn cheap. My advice: Get the card from the source.. and that means Creative. Anywhere else, and it'd be a knockoff.. or worse in Dells case.. then it'd be a 'wannabe'. @$#! wannabes. -Tip __________________ Portal: The Flash Version _________________________________ Brain: So, you sacked the cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker? Mr. Sackett: The second cocky khaki Kicky Sack sock plucker I've sacked since the sixth sitting sheet slitter got sick.

Jun 2, 2005, 12:41 AM	#6
swatX ba\|\\|\\|ed Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 618 Rep Power: 0	if i were you i would wait for their new sound cards to be released.. might be a year till we see new creative x-fi based sound cards.. however if u want to buy the ZS go ahead.. its a neat card.. __________________ thx stick for the sig

Jun 2, 2005, 01:41 AM	#8
swatX ba\|\\|\\|ed Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 618 Rep Power: 0	hmm i am sure they are as one of the diffrence are that you cant use dell OEM audigy2 to connect to live drive.. __________________ thx stick for the sig

Jun 1, 2005, 01:32 PM	Thread Starter #5
hyakki DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 46 Rep Power: 0	thanks for the heads up ..i will buy one from creative sometime this month ...as i have just gotten my 25% off creative product class-action law suite winning in my email (was a class actiony law suite anyone who had a audigy 1 could get 25% off creative product since they lied about its 24 bit or something)