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Asus Misleading Consumers Says Creative Labs

JelalTrueshot | March 24, 2008 | News | PC Company Gaming Tech/Hardware 
Apparently, Asus has been called on some shenanigans. At least, according to Creative VP of Corporate Communications, Phil O'Shaughnessy. Accordingv to Phil, Asus is misleading consumers by touting that their new sound cards run EAX technology when they do not. Someone at Asus is about to get reamed!
Hello from Creative,

With respect for you and your readers, we wish to share this important information. With its recent driver updates, Asus is misleading its customers by suggesting that its sound cards now support EAX 5. Asus sound cards do not support EAX 5, nor do they support EAX 3 or EAX 4. There are a small number of PC game titles that specifically query the audio device on the system to see if EAX 5 is available before they will attempt to render more than 64 3D simultaneous audio voices....
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    VeGiTAX2 | March 25, 2008
    odd statement. creative has never licensed EAX 3 or higher and has tried to sue anyone trying. as they didn't cite a mobo model claiming this it's pretty much hot air until facts roll in. most companies refer to having EAX support because AC'97 features 1 and 2 support.

    maybe they can explain why they've choked and killed the marketplace with lawsuits, buyouts and patent hounding instead.

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