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| Brand: | Creative Labs |
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- X-Fi CMSS-3D Surround up-mixes audio and video to 5.1 or 7.1 surround
- X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone delivers incredible surround sound for movies and music over stereo headphones
- X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer restores details and vibrance to compressed audio files
- Creative ALchemy (free download) restores EAX and surround sound
- Ideal for both standard and small form factor PCs
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Accept no compromise, upgrade to X-Fi today!
Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer delivers award-winning X-Fi technology for faster, more immersive gaming. X-Fi, the world's most powerful audio processor, provides ultra-realistic X-Fi CMSS-3D surround sound over normal headphones and accelerates Direct X, OpenAL and EAX 5.0 for faster frame rates and cinematic sound. X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer restores sparkle to low quality audio, upgrading Games, MP3, DIVX and TV audio to 24-bit. The low-profile design makes it ideal for Media Center PCs. It has an optical digital out for connecting to home cinema systems, while THX certification and Dolby and DTS decoding guarantee excellent results in movies.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
I bough one of these after a few online m8s had raved about them, and I wasnt overly impressed with my onboard sound.
Now i've used it for a variety of games, and i can say it is defiantly better than my old onboard sound. Older games do sound nicer with it, but there not up to some modern standards. I hoped it would all make all games sound amazing, and instead it has made all games sound great, with those few gems still sparkling.
If you got a decent pc, ect and looking to spend another £100 then id recommend it, if your looking at this or a new graphics card or something, id go with the other thing first.
Now i've used it for a variety of games, and i can say it is defiantly better than my old onboard sound. Older games do sound nicer with it, but there not up to some modern standards. I hoped it would all make all games sound amazing, and instead it has made all games sound great, with those few gems still sparkling.
If you got a decent pc, ect and looking to spend another £100 then id recommend it, if your looking at this or a new graphics card or something, id go with the other thing first.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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The sound is pretty awesome.
Music, gaming, DVDs and Blu-rays are all so much better with the addition of this sound card.
In response to the previous reviewer's remarks, you'd only experience crackling in two situations 1) playing games more than 3 years old (b) EMI interference affecting pc case audio cabling.
The former can be resolved by switching out of gaming mode and using entertainment mode (one of the three sound modes is bound to work with an old game). The latter is resolved by not connecting the front audio cables at installation and then your headphones will be defualted to the back port of the card, which is protected against EMI interference.
Works perfectly with Windows 7 after downloading relevant drivers from Creative Labs website.
Therefore, five stars for great little card!
Music, gaming, DVDs and Blu-rays are all so much better with the addition of this sound card.
In response to the previous reviewer's remarks, you'd only experience crackling in two situations 1) playing games more than 3 years old (b) EMI interference affecting pc case audio cabling.
The former can be resolved by switching out of gaming mode and using entertainment mode (one of the three sound modes is bound to work with an old game). The latter is resolved by not connecting the front audio cables at installation and then your headphones will be defualted to the back port of the card, which is protected against EMI interference.
Works perfectly with Windows 7 after downloading relevant drivers from Creative Labs website.
Therefore, five stars for great little card!
11 of 14 people found the following review helpful
I read up extensively before buying this card. I read that people trying to use it with Vista have problems. This is mainly due to how Vista handles DirectSound, which makes it necessary to use an additional application called Creative ALchemy if you want to use EAX effects. The Vista problem is not specific to this sound card though, of course.
Anyway, as I am using good old XP I thought I would be OK. However, I immediately experienced an intermittent, but very severe crackling sound. Sometimes I even lost sound completely and had to reboot and a few times the PC actually crashed. After Googling this, I found on Wikipedia and Creative's own forums that this is a long known problem. It appears to be a problem with the PCI bus on mobos with certain chipsets. Creative is convinced that it only affects nVidia nForce chipsets, as these are the mobos with which they have run tests. However, I and others with VIA chipsets have experienced the same problem. It looks as though X-Fi cards really need to be used with the PCI Express interface, but the Xtreme Gamer is only available as PCI. As I only have standard PCI slots, I took my X-Fi back to the store and bought myself a second hand Audigy 2 ZS (superior to the SE version) from eBay and that works with no problems! The X-Fi is a great card IF you can get it to work properly.
Anyway, as I am using good old XP I thought I would be OK. However, I immediately experienced an intermittent, but very severe crackling sound. Sometimes I even lost sound completely and had to reboot and a few times the PC actually crashed. After Googling this, I found on Wikipedia and Creative's own forums that this is a long known problem. It appears to be a problem with the PCI bus on mobos with certain chipsets. Creative is convinced that it only affects nVidia nForce chipsets, as these are the mobos with which they have run tests. However, I and others with VIA chipsets have experienced the same problem. It looks as though X-Fi cards really need to be used with the PCI Express interface, but the Xtreme Gamer is only available as PCI. As I only have standard PCI slots, I took my X-Fi back to the store and bought myself a second hand Audigy 2 ZS (superior to the SE version) from eBay and that works with no problems! The X-Fi is a great card IF you can get it to work properly.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
I do not recommend this
I bought this card early 2012 and immediately stumbled on to a problem with almost all of my games: The Dolby Digital Live encoding with this card does not work properly. Read more
Published 1 month ago by namewithapen
Quality sound
Very clear and not overpowering sound quality. Got it for my new computer for desk top speakers. Very clear and precise sound which seems to do a excellent job of picking out... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Michael T. Davies
Compatibility issues with Win 7 Pro 64 bit
I have a Dell Dimension 380 with Win 7 Pro 64 bit. After replacing my old Audigy card with this card my PC would no longer boot up. Read more
Published 15 months ago by D. K. Marshall
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Published 16 months ago by M. Roberts
Can Tell the difference between this and onboard sound
First thing to be aware of is the size of this card, when fitting. I got one which has a smaller fitting on the end (Silver metal part that has a lip with a notch for screw... Read more
Published 17 months ago by John
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