ExtremeTech has an in-depth look at Creative’s forthcoming X-Fi Audio Processor, which sports a whopping 51 million transistors on a 0.13 micron process that runs at 400MHz—a lot of oomph for an audio processor. Almost as if they don’t realize that people aren’t getting any better at hearing things, Creative keeps plodding on in the hardware-accelerated sound card market, and the X-Fi is no exception. While the advantage of offloading audio processing from your host CPU is obvious, the X-Fi packs more of a punch by delivering incredibly high fidelity playback with specialized effects sets for better gaming and movie performance. (If you can get the drivers to load.)
Creative’s New X-Fi Audio Processor [ExtremeTech]
