Product DescriptionTake your music, movies and games to the next level with the X-Fi XtremeMusic Sound Card / 24-bit X-Fi Crystalizer / EAX Advanced HD 5.0 / X-Fi CMSS-3D 109dB SNR Package contents - Sound Blaster X-Fi PCI Card, Quick Start Leaflet, and Installation and Applications CD containing - Drivers for Windows XP, Creative Software Suite, Doom 3 Sound Blaster EAX patch, and User's Guide
Customer Reviews
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Rating: - Brilliant
I've been using integrated audio pretty much my entire career with music and the difference between that and this absolutely shocked me. 10 minutes ago I was listening to music. Now I'm listening to 'MUSIC!'. The bundled software's 'crystalizer' is a big part of that, but the general clarity and lack of white noise instantaneously makes it recognizable over integrated audio.
Would recommend this to anybody. This is pretty much the highets tier in cards that's actually worth anything. ... Read More
Rating: - Great...if you need it for high-end sound via the PC
Beware of people giving this card a 1 star because of microphone/speaker conflicts...To run a mic and speakers, just plug your speakers in the analog jack and the mic in the mic jack. Done.
This card has proven invaluable to producing high-end sound through my PC. I sold my preamp and CD-player and can hook up my 460W amp directly to the computer and power a set of speakers marvelously. I found that it works best this way, and not with a preamp. If you have a high quality amp you won't ... Read More
Rating: - No drivers
Card will not work with Vista x64 and 4+ Gigs of RAM. Creative has still not released drivers to address this. I highly recommend buying audio cards from a different vendor.
Rating: - Beware! X-Fi cards conflict with higher-end devices.
I've been using Creative sound cards as long as I can remember, so it's quite a shock to discover that several problems are being reported with Creative's "X-Fi" line of sound cards. Google "x-fi problem" and you'll see what I mean. This card worked flawlessly for me on Windows XP, but as soon as I clean-installed Vista, annoying "crackling" sounds occur every time I do something graphically, such as scrolling a window. Without getting too technical, the problem appears to be that the sound card ... Read More
Rating: - Waste of money
If you have Vista or plan on upgrading in the future JUST DONT BUY this card. It has been a complete waste of money for me. It is not even remotely compatible with vista, just do an internet search with vista xfi xtreme music problems. I'm into computers and haven't been able to make their drivers for vista work since may 2007 when I bought the card like many others as you will see if you do the search. Good luck choosing a good card!
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- Brilliant
- No drivers
- Beware! X-Fi cards conflict with higher-end devices.