Which of the 2 sound cards for games & midi audio files

[retroborg]

Does the Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer also feature dedicated RAM like the The Fatality brand and do they both use the exact same X-Fi chip?
Or is a cut-down version like the XtremeAudioversion? I've heard that the XtremeAudio is a relabeled Live24! card and doesn't contain the X-Fi chip one would expect...

Generally, what other advantages does the the Fatality brand have over the XtremeGamer card?
Does it really sound much better with a nice set of speakers?

Thanks in advance.

[GoNz0]

god knows whos telling you that m8.. extreme audio is the same as the one with the xram, minus the xram, extreme gamers a cut down version, but with an x-fi chip, or i doubt they would call it an x-fi

fatality and extreme audio share the same driver pack, gamer doesnt afaik.

fatality over audio is the xram, and thats only used in a few games to take the load off the cpu a little as it stores common sounds on card.

[Thorsson]

It's not that things branded Fatal1ty are bad, it's just that they give you things that you don't need for a (pricey) premium. But it's a lot cheaper to give a few $ to Fatal1ty than to write some decent drivers...