![]() Check out Wikipedia for more than you ever wanted to know about Creative Lab sound cards. I'd like an XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro, but that's just a few more dollars than I wanted to spend. Also available for PCI Express and ExpressCard." So I found out too late that this is really not as sophisticated as the other X-Fi cards, and I RMA'd it to Newegg (that cost me $6.00 restocking fee + shipping) and bought an XtremeGamer on the 'bay for a comparable price. ![]() Is based on the same chipset as the Audigy 2 SE and SB Live! 24-bit. Unfortunately, after I purchased it, I did some research and found the following on Wikipedia: "Low profile card (half height), does not contain the EMU20K1 chipset used by the rest of the series. Overall Review: I thought that I was buying a X-Fi card like all the rest, but lower-end. At least its better than that.Ĭons: Not the dedicated processing power for sound that I expected. If not, get this card rather than suffering with onboard realtek. fatality, elite pro) to work with your SLI/Vista setup, I envy you. If you can get your hardware based X-Fi (i.e. However, its the hardware accelleration of the high-priced X-Fi's that choke with SLI on the data bus. No Uber Onboard Hardware Accelleration on this X-Fi. Equalizer works.Ĭons: A CPU bound soundcard, but who cares, it sounds better than onboard realtek, get a fast CPU, no slow downs for me. Music Movies, all sound great! It comes with one software console (entertainment), Audio console menu is still available. Played NWN2, Gears of War, Crysis, CoD4 all week. ![]() Drivers right off disk worked, no update needed. Also better than my previous X-Fi Fatality which is a disaster for my setup and would not fit with the 2nd GPU's ACS3 heatsink in the way of PCI slot. Sounds way better than built in realtek which crackled and popped with SLI. Plugs in real easy in the 1X slot above my SLI setup. Pros: Finally, I found a card that will work with my SLI system in Vista 64-bit Ultimate. ![]()
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