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Boost your desktop's audio performance with a sound card from one of the premier names in computer audio—Creative Labs. The Sound Blaster XtremeGamer sound card is designed to enhance your PC gaming experience and improve your computer's overall performance. The card's X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer will make your game audio more dynamic and realistic while improving both low and high frequencies giving you smoother, cleaner sound.
The card's audio processor, with help from Creative's CMSS-3D technology, is able to remix your stereo audio into surround sound—even through stereo headphones. This is ideal for playing first-person shooters so you can hear your enemies before it's too late. EAX Advanced HD technology further improves game audio tracks providing a more immersive experience.
Music and movies benefit from Creative's audio technology know-how, too. For enjoying your favorite DVDs, the card is THX certified and can handle decoding DTS and Dolby Digital EX duties via a free download of Cyberlink PowerDVD software.
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Cheapest member of the true X-Fi family.
Cons: Lacks X-Ram
Other Thoughts: Contrary to what some other individual's reviews on newegg say, this IS a true X-Fi card and DOES support EAX 5.0. This card directly replaced the XtremeMusic in the X-fi line up, which has been cause for some confusion. It is the XtremeAudio which is the crippled card that offers no hardware acceleration.
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Works on Vista without a flaw!
Reviewed By: CompDude on 4/22/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Easy hookup, great price and very LOUD!!!! lol
Cons: None, for me.
Other Thoughts: For those that are having issues with Vista....... DO NOT load anything from the CD that you receive with this card! Go to the Creative website and download the Vista drivers and other software. Mine works perfectly and the tons of settings make it even more outstanding.
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Great Hardware, Bad Software
Reviewed By: Antigen on 8/17/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: When this soundcard is configured properly and working like in BF2142 it sounds amazing, it is the ideal sound card for a gaming rig. The features offered will give you an advantage in games if you use a headset. You will clearly hear things that other people hardly notice are there.
Cons: The installation practically carpet bombs your PC with AOL ads and reminders to register your product, the driver support is weak and there hasn't been an update in over 9 months so I deal with slightly substandard sound in my primary game UT2004, The software included is useless and bloated, even if you do the "Gamer" Installation which only installs the driver it will add 4 new processes to your startup none of which are needed.
Other Thoughts: Creative should be banned from making software they fail so miserably.
But I'd still get this sound card since it's a good value
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Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: more than 1 year
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Excellent audio playback and recording quality, compatibility (I haven't seen a lot of recent mother boards that don't like this card) and full EAX support. As other reviewers have mentioned the volume level output of this card is much higher than most on-board setups.
Cons: Inconsistent Creative labs driver support. (i.e. you *might* get a new driver this year..) and mic in/optical port is iffy at best. I would have preferred a traditional mini-plug jack over the split use jack, because I've found the pug it self to be less well constructed as the other plug and more prone to poor connections (YMMV). Front panel audio port on card is *not* powered, so the mic and stereo output is much lower than plugging into the plugs on the back.
Other Thoughts: Overall a nice card, but with 20/20 hindsight I would have gone with on-board audio. At the least, because the drivers get updated much more often. Additionally I'm not sold on the value of EAX outside of a few key games (Bioshock comes to mind). Support overall for EAX and its feature set appears to be dwindling.
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It`s louder than the onboard. Yay!
Reviewed By: a nervous Gemini on 7/9/2010
Tech Level: low - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
Pros: Works as it`s supposed to and is simple and straightforward to install. Works fine in a Gigabyte GA-880GA-UD3H board with 64-bit Vista as the OS. The main reason I tried a different soundcard is because the onboard RealTek isn`t loud enough. This Creative card is definately louder.
Cons: Could always be louder, but haven`t really found any cons yet. I bought a factory-refurbished one for a much lower price than new/retail, so whether it holds up is anyone`s guess. I probably should get a con for not really researching sound cards as I should have done before buying one, but this has over 900 reviews so I jumped on the bandwagon. =P
Other Thoughts: Not having much experience with sound cards and hearing horror stories about how the drivers on the CD may hose your operating system, I was nervous about installing this. Fortunately, my fears were unfounded. I downloaded the x64 Vista drivers from Creative`s site, uninstalled the RealTek drivers then shut down the PC and installed the card. Upon reboot I disabled the onboard sound in the BIOS and let Vista load. Once inside the OS, I was encouraged when I was prompted to load the drivers for "new hardware". The driver install seemed to take longer than usual, and the computer took a very long time to shut down and come back up after the required restart. However, once I heard the Vista "chime" which plays as the Windows logo is displayed, I new I was in business. The card sounds decent, and most importantly, is much LOUDER than the onboard RealTek ALC892. Ain`t buying something and having it work properly a grand concept?
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Ear Candy
Reviewed By: Zarniwoop on 7/5/2010
Tech Level: high - Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
This user purchased this item from Newegg
Pros: Nice rebate, couldn't resist. For Windows 7 (even 64-bit) you just need 2 downloads, the drivers and the "beta" Creative console launcher. That's it. And you don't have to get the Creative console launcher unless you want to use it to switch Modes (Entertainment, Game) easier or try other settings like crossover.
Cons: None. It takes up a slot?
Other Thoughts: It has a crossover option. Interesting that you can let your 5 or 7 surround speakers just do the highs and let your sub do all the lows. It's worth playing with to see if you prefer it at least.
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Model
Brand
Creative
Model
70SB073A00000
Audio core
Audio Chipset
X-Fi
Channels
7.1
Sample Rate
96KHz
Digital Audio
24-bit
SNR
Stereo Output 109dB Front and Rear Channels 109dB Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 109dB
Ports
Line In
Yes
MIC In
Yes
Spec
Interface
PCI
Operating Systems Supported
Microsoft Windows Vista (Drivers available at us.creative.com) or XP (Service Pack 2, x64 or Media Center Edition)
System Requirements
Intel Pentium III 1 GHz, AMD 1 GHz processor or faster Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset Available PCI 2.1 slot 256MB RAM 600MB of free hard disk space CD-ROM/CD-RW or CD/DVD-ROM for software installation Internet connection to download PowerDVD player software
Features
Features
Get the speed you need when every second counts Win big with a powerful audio processing engine that boosts real game performance by up to 15% over motherboard audio and still gives you the fullest audio effects possible!
Hear your enemies before they find 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 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.
Restore the details and vibrance to your music and movies 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.
Expand your stereo music and movies into surround sound 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.
Enjoy truly cinematic movie sound The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card 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.
Advanced audio and music creation features A dedicated audio creation mode supports near transparent conversion between any resolutions, digital-matched recording, low-latency ASIO support and more.
Packaging
Package Contents
Sound Blaster X-Fi PCI Card Quick Start Leaflet Installation and Applications CD
Windows Vista
Windows Vista
Certified for Windows Vista
Manufacturer Warranty
Parts
1 year limited
Introduction
Boost your desktop's audio performance with a sound card from one of the premier names in computer audio—Creative Labs. The Sound Blaster XtremeGamer sound card is designed to enhance your PC gaming experience and improve your computer's overall performance. The card's X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer will make your game audio more dynamic and realistic while improving both low and high frequencies giving you smoother, cleaner sound.
The card's audio processor, with help from Creative's CMSS-3D technology, is able to remix your stereo audio into surround sound—even through stereo headphones. This is ideal for playing first-person shooters so you can hear your enemies before it's too late. EAX Advanced HD technology further improves game audio tracks providing a more immersive experience.
Music and movies benefit from Creative's audio technology know-how, too. For enjoying your favorite DVDs, the card is THX certified and can handle decoding DTS and Dolby Digital EX duties via a free download of Cyberlink PowerDVD software.
Highlights
X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer The X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer enhances MP3 and movie sound for cleaner, smoother and more audio that is even better than what you would expect from original CDs or DVDs! It even automatically upgrades existing games to Xtreme Fidelity quality.
X-Fi CMSS-3D Intelligent Surround Sound Remixing X-Fi CMSS-3D intelligently upgrades your MP3 music, movies and games to surround sound using your multi-channel speakers.
EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 delivers incredibly realistic gaming audio. Drench yourself in an exceptionally dynamic and sensational gaming world.
Hardware DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX Decoding With DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX decoding, enjoy the latest cinematic technologies for the ultimate Home Theater PC experience!
Reviewed By: on 2/9/2007
Tech Level: somewhat high - Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
