Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card (70SB073A00000)
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Customer Review: Works fine, good buy.
Summary: 5 Stars
I went from the first version of the Audigy2 to this. And it did increase my performace a tiny bit. My old card was going out on me. A lot of pops and clicks and games locking up with sound skipping. Haven't had any of that yet. :)
I also didn't seem to have the MB problems that were stated in first review. I have a ASRock Dual-VSTA(new one made for Windows:Vista).
With a good Stereo setup this card sounds really nice. I have a older but really nice 5.1 with 100watts for each speaker. Only 4 years old, but have seen some really nice ones lately.
A lot of new games coming out have intense sound now. Vanguards sound has crappy options so you can't dumb it down and it can drag a system down, esp one using on board sound.
I would give this a 4 or even 3 star rating if it included Amazons rating too. [...]
Customer Review: Great Hardware - Just use the online drivers to avoid junk
Summary: 5 Stars
After reading the other reviews, I was nervous about installation / driver issues. After I installed my card, however, I went to Creative's website and chose to download only the driver (and not any of the applications). The install went smoothly, and it didn't install any junk programs on my computer.
But as for the sound card itself, the improvement in sound quality was well worth the money. The x-fi processor does really seem to make a difference. I use only a 2.0 speaker system (two JBL bookshelf speakers with a Sony receiver), and the new sound quality is about as good as you can get without getting extra speakers or a subwoofer. Music now sounds "clearer." It also includes an optical output (you need a TOSLINK cable or adapter--it is not the "square-looking" optical connection, it is a narrow plug that looks like a headphone jack).
Customer Review: Easy installation, excellent performance
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this sound card for my new desktop (desktop computers, for some reason, have been shipping without offboard sound cards lately) and it's clear to me that I made the right choice. Physical installation (opening the computer, sticking the card in the slot and then hooking up the right peripherals in the right plugs) was okay, and when I got everything up and running I was surprised by the sound quality.
Although I don't do gaming, I got this card because I read it performs just as well for music -- and it does. Sound is clear, bass is great, software works fine and there are a lot of personalization options to get its sound output just the way you want it. My previous computer came with an older Creative sound card, and I have to say the ExtremeGamer I have now is immeasurably superior.
Customer Review: Spectacular Sound!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I had never replaced a sound card in my computers but my son insisted that I would really like having this particular Creative product. Course, he knows I am not a gamer at all but he insisted it would make my music sound much better so I trusted him and bought this sound card.
I can say I was MORE than pleased, it makes my computer room sound like a concert venue sometimes, I can get lost in the sound. My movies sparkle too, I close the door turn everything up loud and revel in hearing all the detail that I missed before I got the Sound Blaster.
So, I recommend this product to everybody, even middle aged ladies like me, its way cool to hear everything I missed before I bought this product.
Enjoy!!!
Customer Review: Crystal clear sound
Summary: 5 Stars
I got this soundcard about 2 years ago, and ive been using it since then.
I previously being a Sound Blaster user since the Audigy 1 days, hoped to Audigy 2 ZS and then the X-FI.
I the difference is HUGE, as soon you turn on the XFI Crystalizer you will hear sounds and music so different, even note instruments you were not able to perceive before.
The creative console makes quick adjuments according to your needs, Entertaining(music and movis), Games and musical creation, each mode gives advantage specifically designed to fully use the power of the XFI chip.
Im running it on Windows 7 at it works real good, with drives specifically for Vista it runs with all its capacity
100% recommended