MSI P6N-Diamond

Creative X-Fi

One of the more interesting additions of this board is that instead of the “standard” onboard HD audio you get with most motherboards, you get an onboard Creative X-Fi Extreme Audio chip. Now, this is hardly the top of the line X-Fi, its actually from the £30 add on card, making it about mid-range in terms of features and performance. It doesn’t feature Xram like the higher end models, but it does allow you to use the X-Fi crystallizer and it supports full EAX 5.0 HD to give you excellent sound quality in games that support it.

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