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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series Sound Card ( 70SB046A00000 )
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Product Description
Designed to meet the performance demands of the worlds best-known professional gamer, Johnathan Fatal1ty Wendel, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 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 latest version of the EAX Environmental Audio standard, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS card utilizes X-Fi CMSS 3D technology for stunning audio realism over headphones in LAN gaming. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS 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, and to control the X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer, X-Fi CMSS 3D, 3DMIDI and EAX. In addition to providing outstanding gaming performance, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS includes all of the standard features, application software, power and performance capabilities of the Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum and Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic.
Product Details
- Amazon Sales Rank: #26575 in Consumer Electronics
- Brand: Creative Labs
- Model: 70SB046A00000
- Original language: English
- Dimensions: 15.00" h x 10.00" w x 4.00" l, 1.22 pounds
- Memory: 64MB
Features
- Device Type - Sound card
- Localization - English
- Signal Processor/Chipset Vendor - Intel, AMD
- Audio Output - 24-bit
Editorial Reviews
From the Manufacturer
Features
Get the fastest performance and the most intense, realistic audio in your games
Designed specifically for gamers, the Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card delivers the fastest audio performance and the most intense, realistic sound in all your games. Plus it features X-RAM for an even bigger quality and performance boost in games with X-RAM support. It's Sound Blaster...on steroids!
Xtreme Fidelity Gaming
Get the speed you need when every second counts
Win big with a powerful, completely new audio processing engine that boosts real game performance by up to 15% over motherboard audio and still gives you the fullest audio effects possible!
 | Boost performance even further in games with X-RAM support Free up system memory and improve overall gaming audio performance in game titles like QUAKE 4, Battlefield 2, Prey and others that take advantage of X-RAM. |
 | Hear your enemies before they find you Don't let them sneak up behind you. X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone creates nine virtual speakers over stereo headphones for positional audio that's so accurate you can actually locate enemies by sound. Multichannel speakers are even better with audio cues that let you hear exactly where they are even between speakers. |
 | Immerse yourself in a new dimension of sound Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. Take reality to the next level with EAX ADVANCED HD sound effects in games. |
 | Get lost in the details Hear crisp, sharp gunshots and deep, booming explosions. X-Fi Crystalizer revitalizes your compressed game sounds, bringing out the highs and lows for the most intense gaming experience ever. |
Xtreme Fidelity Entertainment
 | X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently enhanced so you'll hear everything in crystal clarity. |
 | X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you. |
Enjoy the ultimate PC movie experience with the latest cinematic technologies
The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card delivers THX certified surround sound and includes Cyberlink's PowerDVD software with DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding via free download for an unbeatable DVD movie watching experience. (Internet connection is required)
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Xtreme Fidelity Audio Creation
Get the most advanced features and effects for music and audio creation available in a consumer solution.
- Near transparent conversion to and from any resolution
- Digital-matched recording capabilities in resolutions from 44.1kHz to 96kHz
- ASIO support with as low as one millisecond latency
- Up to eight different hardware effects
- 24-bit SoundFont sampling, and 3D MIDI
Sound Blaster X-Fi is Fatal1ty's Choice for Audio!
 | "When I'm competing I need top-notch performance and the most realistic sound to help me know where my opponents are and Sound Blaster X-Fi really delivers for me...there is nothing faster or better." Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel is the best-known professional gamer in the world with 38 1st place wins in nine years of tournament play. |
Customer Reviews
Incompatible with Nvidia Motherboard Chipsets
According to the Creative Forums there is a raging group of hundreds of boiling mad customers who purchased the product and discovered it has a fundamental incompatibility with the popular Nvidia chipsets. My own new Intel Duo Core speed demon with 4GB DDR and dual graphics cards is no exception. The card would greatly improve the quality of the sound over the onboard audio but it has unacceptable hiss and pop. According to Creative it s Nvidia's fault, however, the consensus on the forum is that it is Creative's fault and they should be issuing a recall of the X-Fi cards. If you are not certain you have no Nvidia chipsets in your computer DO NOT purchase this product.
NO worries. Just buy it. Nvidia chipsets WELCOME
Ok. So i was not going to buy this sound card when i heard it does not comply with Nvidia chipsets. I own an ASUS Striker Extreme, which has a Nvidia chipset. I am betting that the folks that have had this issue did not uninstall the old software and drivers of the intigrated ASUS sound card. If you did not do it correctly then this is why this card will not work. For those that are going to do this i will explain how to do. First uninstall the old software (sound max), then go to device manager and delete all the atrubutes for the sound device. once that is done turn off the computer and take out the ASUS sound card. If you are able to start your computer and have it go into windows without any issues like errors then go ahaid and shut off the computer and install the XFI. Once installed turn on the computer and let windows find the card and when it pops us and say install drivers, (important) CLICK CANCEL. Once you have done that then pop in the supplied XFI disk and let the AUTOEXE install drivers. Now if you have done everything correctly this will work great. I myself did not update the drivers right away. Not updateing has worked for me. Good luck I hope this helps those that has Nvidia chipsets.
OHH BTW.. NO Cons JUST BUY IT.. Amazon is the cheapest source.
Still bugged and now doesn't have MP3 Encoding!!!!!!
This card is bugged to death with problems. MP3s randomly play at twice the speed. WMAs suddenly won't play and instead hiss or screech. To top off this incredibly poor bundle of rubbish, they won't even provide you with MP3 encoding so you can rip your CD collection - you have to buy that separately. This is incredulous for such an expensive card. I will NEVER buy from Creative again, their attitude and expertise with technology is worse than ever!!
Update (05/25/2008) - The "Super Rip" mode was generating garbage when I ripped using the "surround 5.1" option. I sent a support ticket to Creative and they fobbed me off with an article on how to record audio! Well, for starters, I'm no idiot and know how to rip CDs! On top of that, most of the email contained advertising for other products. It seems they don't care about their customers at all - they just want their money.
Well, I'm shoving this card in my old PC and I'll be getting an Asus Xonar D2 soon. I had to return several products in the last 6 months. It seems most manufacturers can't produce a quality kit any more. What's going on with tech these days? Does anything work? Some friends have told me to "hang in there" with X-Fi and wait for better drivers? Well, I don't really care anymore as I will follow Asus now. If they patch the X-Fi that would be great, but this company's record on product quality and customer service is appauling. I'll not be made a sucker again.
