There are cheaper USB sound cards around, but few of them add anything to a built-in sound chip. You'd be better off with a cheaper plug-in card that can offload processing to a dedicated surround amp via S/PDIF, or if you use headphones, something with a built-in amp.įor what it is, and the price it is, though, the Go! X-Fi is a worthwhile investment for gamers who want an aural environment that's richer than the flat, bland or artificial effects that come with built-in sound. Without a digital out, it's no real improvement for hooking up your laptop to an external hi-fi either.
The THX suite adds in a handy equaliser for tuning music and the 'Crystaliser', which is a one-touch way of brightening up compressed audio, but it's not exactly 'pro' spec. If you're not a gamer, though, there's not a lot of benefit in owning the Go! Pro. It's also incredibly portable, and the fact the USB cover is attached to the main body, so you can't lose it, is a thoughtful touch. Just change the speaker config setting to 2.0/ 2.1 if that's the case.Compared to the USB soundcard built into the Corsair HS1 headset or included with the Sennheiser PC 333Ds, for example, the sound effects from the X-Fi Go! Pro are clear, accurate and realistic where others just sound like extra reverb added on. The default install setting seems to be 7.1, which can make 2.0/ 2.1 speakers sound distorted. (Go to Search in taskbar > type "Sound" > select the Sound Control Panel and check/ change the settings if required). A nice move from Creative to support legacy cards.Īfter installing, you may have to check the computer Sound settings to ensure your card is set as the default sound device. The proper drivers for Windows 10 though. It was working fine in 10, it’s always nice to have I bought the card when Vista came out in 2007. I’ve just updated my own Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio card driver. Here, though they are still working on rolling out some of the updates. If you do have one, you can grab the latest Windows 10 drivers for old cards Creative has updated the drivers for many of their old audio cards for use in Windows 10.
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