http://www.pureoverclock.com//index.php Last 20 items on PureOverclock.com Esselbach Storyteller CMS System http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=2020 Creative has expanded its X-Fi line-up once more, this time adding an external soundblaster with a respectable price of $59. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=1519 Asus has finally unveiled the PCIe version of their popular Xonar D2 sound card, the Xonar D2X. The D2X supports 7.1-channel surround sound, Dolby and DTS, and according to Asus, "undoubtedly provides the best gaming experience ever." Asus has also announced the Xonar U1 external sound card, which boasts an SPDIF output with Dolby Digital encoding. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=1397 VR-Zone and XSReviews have published previews of the highly anticipated Auzentech X-Fi Prelude, which uses the same "X-FI" chip found in Creative's popular line-up. While Auzentech's version looks a bit meaner than the existing X'Fi's, it could soon be outdated as Creative roll out the PCIe versions. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=1335 Logitech have unveiled their latest speaker system. Logitech's G51 is a 5.1 surround sound system featuring a control pod and dual matrix modes that make it possible to create surround sound from two-channel sources. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=1276 VR-Zone have gotten hold of an Asus Xonar D2 and have run it through its paces seeing how it stacks up against an army of soundcards from manufacturers Tokyo Style, Auzentech, Creative and Audiotrak. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=1232 Shortly after Asus revealed their PCIe based Xonar soundcard, X-Fi manufacturer Creative have been supposedly designing a PCIe based X-Fi card. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=1227 The Xonar series was first demonstrated at CeBit early this year. Now - Asus has revealed some new details about the PCIe Xonar D2X and the PCI D2. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=534 We've all heard of Razer right? They make the best gaming mice available, but they're expanding into the creative world of audio with the release of the Barracuda IAS (integrated audio system) announced today at CeBIT.Designed and engineered from the ground up by the Razer engineering team, the Razer Barracuda AC-1 and HP-1 are integrated as a single, pure gaming audio system — the Razer Barracuda IAS is the world’s first integrated audio system built specifically for gaming.There are two parts to IAS. You've got the AC-1 Gaming Audio Card featuring a 7.1 channel output, 24 bit DAC, with a rather high 117dB SNR, and the HP-1 Gaming Headphones which have 8 (what the?) discrete speaker drivers in the headphones which have been tuned for optimal positional audio. HP-1 also has a high quality noise cancelling mic, as you'd expect.Razer seem to be serious about this system and are looking to take on Creative head on. We'll have to wait and see if they have the goods! No pricing as of yet. http://www.pureoverclock.com//story.php?id=298 Creative have acknowledged there is a problem with there new X-Fi soundcards and nForce4 motherboards. It seems bios updates can fix this problem but in cases where this is not possible Creative will replace the users soundcard."A problem was identified on nForce4 based systems where the system ran into difficulties, related to the enumeration of the cards with 2MB (X-Fi XtremeMusic and X-Fi Platinum). This resulted in a variety of symptoms: - The system may freeze or not boot- The system may list multiple "Unknown PCI Device" entries and lead to a BSOD- The system may reboot repeatedly (when "Automatically Restart" is enabled in the Advanced system settings)Some motherboard manufacturers have already acknowledged this issue and released a BIOS update to resolve it. For systems where a BIOS update is not available we will be providing an alternative resolution in the form of a replacement card with modified firmware. Please contact Customer Support for your region for further details."You can find the thread on Creatives forums here.