Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series Sound Card ( 70SB046A00000 )

Average customer rating: 4.0

It works *shrug*
Read All Reviews Before Purchasing This Card
Squeal of Death
Beyond Words!
Sound card review.

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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series Sound Card ( 70SB046A00000 )

Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B000IZAN4K

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Product Description

The Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card provides stunning 109dB SNR audio quality, accelerates gaming performance and includes 64MB of on-board X-RAM for high performance gaming. With support for EAX Advanced HD 5.0, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty card utilizes X-Fi CMSS 3D technology for stunning audio realism over headphones in LAN gaming. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty features a convenient front-facing internal drive bay for easy connectivity, plus the X-Fi IR remote to easily access and control all digital entertainment. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty also includes all of the standard features, application software, power and performance capabilities of the Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum and Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music. Front and Rear Channels - 109dB Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels - 109dB FlexiJack - 3-in-1 functions (Digital I/O1 / Line In / Microphone) via 3.50mm mini jack Line level out (Front / Rear / Side / Center / Subwoofer) - 3.50mm mini jacks Aux-In line-level analog input - 4-pin Molex connector on card One AD Link (26 pin) connector - For linking to the X-Fi I/O Console (upgrade option) Coaxial SPDIF input and output - Two RCA jacks Auxiliary input - Two RCA jacks Optical SPDIF input and output - Two optical connectors MIDI input and output - Two mini MIDI female connectors Headphone output and volume control - 6.35 mm (1/4-inch) stereo jack Shared line-level analog Line/Microphone input - 6.35 mm (1/4-inch) stereo jack System Requirements - Intel Pentium III 1 GHz, AMD 1 GHz processor or faster, Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), 256MB RAM, 600MB of free hard disk space, Available PCI 2.1 slot for the audio card

Customer Reviews:

It works *shrug*.......2007-06-01

I'm not an audiophile. In fact, I've been happily using my nVidia nForce2/4 mainboards' for sound for years. My primary usage for this card is FPS games.

The only thing I really notice with this card, vs built-in sound, is the bass boost feature. I needed bass boost for the Buttkicker to get a cleaner signal, and it does this quite well.

I suspect a far less expensive card would have provided what I needed though :p

Read All Reviews Before Purchasing This Card.......2007-04-10

I, along with many others, have experienced "sound lock-ups", squeals and computer lock-ups with this card and the others in this series. My sound issues have occurred mostly during games.

Sound quality is excellent in Windows and when the card is working properly in games.

Most of the issues appear to involve some kind of hardware conflict as most afflicted users have high-end computer systems running SLI, although the problems are not exclusive to these configurations.

I am currently working with CL to resolve the issue, but I'm not sure they know what is causing it as this issue has been around since Aug 06.

I am not saying "don't buy", just be sure you have fully investigated all the issues before making the purchase as I doubt your installation and use with be trouble free.

Squeal of Death.......2007-03-24

I own one of these, it came packaged in my Dell XPS Renegade. Sound in a Windows environment is good, as indicated by other reviews. But in a gaming environment for example World of Warcraft, and not just this game, I and other user's have experienced the squeal of death, wherein the sound will become replaced with a high pitched squeal, and may hard lock your computer. Either way this can only be corrected by rebooting. Check out the forums before buying any creative labs products. BUYER BEWARE!!

Beyond Words!.......2007-03-18

I thought long and hard about buying this card, something about $149 for a sound card seems crazy to me. As I sit here listening to music and hearing sounds that I havent heard before in recordings that I have heard hundreds of times I wonder how I got it so cheap. You wont believe me till you spend the money to go and buy one. It is amazing to me the clarity even on recordings from the 50s and before that sound like the singer is on a stage right in front of you. The crystallizer is amazing, the equalizer does everything its supposed to. I teamed this with Logitech z-5300 5.1 speakers for reference. Like I said in the caption, BEYOND WORDS! Buy this card!

Sound card review........2007-02-07

This card was a major improvement from my previous (sound blaster 2.0)
Really amazing sound quality for games like battlefield 2, One reason is that with this card I was able to distinguish the vehicles type and also the direction it was coming from!
Also with this card I notice my music was a lot more crisp and clear.
I recommend this to anyone who is a hardcore gamer like me.

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