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Creative Sound BlasterX G6 7.1 HD Gaming DAC and External USB Sound Card Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2018-09-15

The latest Sound BlasterX G6 DAC and external sound card is very flexible in terms of supported platforms, but also features important upgrades over the G5. We do have now a future-proof 32-bit/384kHz, 130dB DAC that is combined with separate amplification for each channel, marketed as Xamp. The amplifier supports up to 600 ohm headphones and with the G6 we also have now Dolby Digital Decoding. Scout Mode was been introduced quite some time ago and applies certain filters in-game, for hearing more clearly footsteps, weapons and should give you an advantage. For easy operation, we do also have a hardware button for Scout Mode, but also for switching between different preset profiles or for choosing the amplification.

Test Setup and Test Results

Test Setup

CPU: Intel I5 8600K Retail

CPU Cooler: Noctua NH-D14

Motherboard: BIOSTAR Racing Z370GT6

RAM: GEIL PC4 25600 3200MHz CL16 8GBx2 Samsung B-die @ 2133MHz

Video: KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 6GB OC

Power Supply: Cooler Master 850W

SSD: OCZ Vector 150

Case: Cooler Master ATCS 840

In order to test the card performances, we have used RightMark Audio Analyzer and setup loopback between the front headphone output of the card and the back line in.

Remember! These results are not to be taken as reference because each computer system configuration can produce different noise levels, so you may obtain lower or higher performance results than the ones listed here.

16-bit, 44kHz

X-Fi Titanium HD

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Sound BlasterX G6

16-bit, 48kHz

X-Fi Titanium

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Sound BlasterX G6

24-bit, 48kHz

X-Fi Titanium HD

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Sound BlasterX G6

24-bit, 96kHz

X-Fi Titanium HD

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Sound BlasterX G6

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