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Creative Sound Blaster G3 Portable External USB-C DAC Amp Review

Audio/Speakers&Amps by stefan @ 2020-04-20

Right after connecting the Sound Blaster G3 to our SteelSeries Arctis 1 wired gaming headset, we went ahead and fired up the Command application, for adjusting the necessary settings, along with the SBX effects and EQ. We did fire up Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and noticed an increase in overall audio quality versus the integrated audio of the DELL 7577 test laptop, but also better bass representation, like we would have made the jump to a mainstream USB headset. The EQ setting for detecting footsteps works well, as intended (increased treble, lowered mids and lows), but we would only keep activated for short time periods. In Trials Rising, the motorbike engines sounded much better with the SBX presets, while the different gun sounds were a delight in The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing as well.

Test Setup and Test Results

Test Setup

CPU: Intel I5 9700K Retail

CPU Cooler: Deepcool Captain 240 EX RGB AIO

Motherboard: Gigabyte Z370 AORUS Ultra Gaming

RAM: Patriot Memory Viper RGB Series DDR4

Video: KFA2 GeForce GTX 1060 OC 6GB

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

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Creative Sound BlasterX G6

Creative Sound Blaster G3

Not applicable

16-bit, 48kHz

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Creative Sound BlasterX G6

Creative Sound Blaster G3

24-bit, 48kHz

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Creative Sound BlasterX G6

Creative Sound Blaster G3

24-bit, 96kHz

Creative Sound Blaster ZxR

Creative Sound Blaster Omni Surround 5.1

Creative Sound BlasterX G5 7.1

Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Pure Edition

Creative Sound BlasterX G6

Creative Sound Blaster G3

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