Auzen Xplosion 7.1 and H/W Acceleration

[Skakruk]

Is the Auzentech/HDA Xplosion 7.1 capable of Hardware Acceleration in games? I thought I knew what hardware audio acceleration was, but now I'm not so sure...

Every time I enable hardware acceleration with my Xplosion, something goes wrong. The sound works, but there are all sorts of issues. Is it only Creative cards that can support H/W acceleration in games such as UT2004, Oblivion etc.? I know only Creative cards do EAX (properly - although other brands can emulate it), but I always thought that my Xplosion supported hardware audio. :confused:

It would be much appreciated if you could clear this up for me - I'm trying to decide whether it's worth replacing the Xplosion with an X-Fi Titanium.

[Donnie27]

Is the Auzentech/HDA Xplosion 7.1 capable of Hardware Acceleration in games? I thought I knew what hardware audio acceleration was, but now I'm not so sure...

Every time I enable hardware acceleration with my Xplosion, something goes wrong. The sound works, but there are all sorts of issues. Is it only Creative cards that can support H/W acceleration in games such as UT2004, Oblivion etc.? I know only Creative cards do EAX (properly - although other brands can emulate it), but I always thought that my Xplosion supported hardware audio. :confused:

It would be much appreciated if you could clear this up for me - I'm trying to decide whether it's worth replacing the Xplosion with an X-Fi Titanium.

NO!

Game sound Processing is done by the System's CPU. Other brands can only process *some EAX effects. Xplosion doesn't support it=P The base EAX or 2.0 or lower can be done via software.

[SoulsCollective]

Correct. The X-Plosion does not have a hardware accelerator chip on the card. Of the mainstream cards, you need to get a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer or better, or an Auzentech Prelude, in order to get hardware processing and support for EAX levels greater than EAX-2.

[Skakruk]

Thank you both. You wouldn't believe how long I've been trying to get a definite answer to that question. :)