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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card (70SB073A00000) | 
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| Brand: Creative Labs
Category: CE
List Price: $126.76
Buy New: $69.95
You Save: $56.81 (45%)
New (45) Used (2) Refurbished (1) from $59.00
Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 1075
Media: Electronics
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2
Dimensions (in): 10 x 4 x 7
MPN: 70SB073A00000
Model: 70SB073A00000
UPC: 054651136052
EAN: 0054651136052
ASIN: B000J1F1BI
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Shipping: Expedited shipping available
Condition: Brand NEW and factory sealed in retail package.
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| Features:
| • | Device Type - Sound card | | • | Interface Type - PCI | | • | Localization - English | | • | Sound Output Mode - 7.1 |
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Product Description
There's so much focus on video and graphics when it comes to games. But that's only part of the experience. What if you couldn't hear the blasts, bombs, explosions, tackles, and grunts? That's why your available PCI slot in your desktop needs this Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme sound card for PCI. The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card delivers faster audio performance and intense, realistic sound in all your games. Headphone surround sound is better too?so good, you'll swear you're listening to multichannel speakers?and your games will sound richer as you hear all of the crisp, clear highs and bone-crushing lows you've been missing. Revitalize your compressed game sounds with X-Fi Crystalizer and hear crisp, sharp gunshots and deep, booming explosions for the most intense gaming experience ever X-Fi Crystalizer repairs the damage that MP3 and WMA compression causes and intelligently enhances high and low frequencies for cleaner music playback and more realistic movie sound Delivers THX certified surround sound and includes Cyberlink PowerDVD software with DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding via free download for an unbeatable DVD movie watching experience X-Fi CMSS-3D matches the sound to your headphones or multichannel speakers and positions specific audio elements?such as voice in the center and ambient sounds in surrounding channels, so your music and movies sound more alive A dedicated audio creation mode supports near transparent conversion between any resolutions, digital-matched recording, low-latency ASIO support and more
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| Customer Reviews: Read 39 more reviews...
 Wow! What a difference. September 8, 2008
Russell B. Richelsoph (Chandler, AZ)
I upgraded from a Sound Blaster Audigy Value. Wow, what a difference in Mass Effect. The sound from this game is now pretty incredible. I did not notice much of a difference with music audio, but if you are a gamer, this is definitely worth the investment.
Great card, good software, annoying installation August 17, 2008
S. Zimmerman (Somewhere in the Cow Country of Vermont)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The sound from this card blows onboard audio away. I couldn't believe the difference when I first tried it. Music is clearer, video game sounds are crisper, and overall everything just sounds a hundred times better. There's no way to describe it in words; you really just need to listen for yourself. I've also found that my games run about 10 to 20 fps higher now that I'm not using onboard audio.
I've watched a few DVDs with the included PowerDVD program, and they sound just as good as games. The same thing happens with music, it's just better!
This card features an Intel HD Audio front panel connector (not compatible with the AC'97 audio connector) which is nice. It seems like very few cards offer it.
On the downside, installing the drivers and software is like pulling teeth. The software installation alone took longer on my computer than installing Supreme Commander (an 8 gig game), and required 3 reboots. Plus there's a driver updating utility that needs to be dealt with, and the ever-present "Register Me" notice.
The Creative software itself is a little bit unnecessary and the interface can be confusing. Instead of having all audio options built into one single program, Creative broke it up into many programs. To change options for Game Mode is one program, to change options for Entertainment Mode is another, to change general options is yet another program. The programs link to each other, but its still annoying.
Overall, I highly recommend this card. Games, movies, and music all sound fantastic on it.
(Side note: when installing the software, choose "Minimum Installation". The full install includes tons of stuff that you don't need.)
Works great with vista August 2, 2008
David Sutton
Excellent sound, way better than my onboard sound card which i was using before. Works great with vista, just make sure you use the drivers online.
High ROI July 1, 2008
Eric F. (Chicago)
For such a reasonable price, and ease of installation (to Vista-32, no less), this sound card is sensational. This is the best ROI I have ever experienced in a hardware product. Intuitive directions and the software installation wizard made the entire process clock in at about 30 minutes.
The sound improvement from motherboard to 5.1 is absolutely astounding!
 Lots of promises, not much to back it up June 17, 2008
Tom Hoskins
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
This card simply does not perform to it's product specifications and marketing claims. This can mostly be attributed to the terrible sound drivers that cause a multitude of problems. Such problems include random sound distortions, popping, broken microphone input etc. Yes that's right this XtremeGamer sound card does not currently feature working support for microphones. Customer support is also rather terrible so no one on the support forums has received any support for these problems. Do yourself a favor and look towards the Auzentech or BlueGear range of sound cards, as they actually function.
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