Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card - 70SB073A00000
Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

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Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Mfg Part#: 70SB073A00000
UPC: 00054651136052
Buy.com Sku: 203138686
Item#: C3P3HL
Buy.com Sales Rank: 82224
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Turbocharge your PC gaming experience with Sound Blaster® X-Fi XtremeGamer! Get faster frame rates and intense, realistic game sounds with more audio processing power. Experience headphone surround sound so good, you’ll swear you’re listening to multichannel speakers. And hear all the crisp, clear highs and bone-crushing lows you’ve been missing. Transform all of your games, music and movies into Xtreme Fidelity™ quality.
 
Features
Get the speed you need when every second counts
Win big with a powerful, completely new 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 Don’t let them sneak up behind 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 with EAX® ADVANCED HD™
Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the
room. Take reality to the next level with EAX®
ADVANCED HD™ sound effects.
Revitalize your compressed game sounds
Revitalize compressed game sounds with X-Fi
Crystalizer and hear crisp, sharp gunshots and deep, booming explosions for the most intense gaming experience ever.
Make your MP3s and movies sound better than the original CDs or DVDs
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.
Upgrade your MP3 music and stereo movies into full-on 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 the ultimate PC movie experience with the latest cinematic technologies
The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card delivers THX®
certified surround sound and includes Cyberlink’s
PowerDVD software with DTS™ and Dolby Digital®-EX
decoding via free download for an unbeatable DVD
movie watching experience.

 
Tech Specs
24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192kHz to stereo output
16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
ASIO 2.0 support at 16-bit/44.1kHz, 16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz with direct
monitoring
Enhanced SoundFont support at up to 24-bit resolution
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (20kHz Low-pass filter) = 0.004%
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ) 10Hz to 46kHz
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input) 10Hz to 88kHz (Stereo only)
Speaker and Headphone connections for stereo to 7.1 (Line Out via three 3.5mm mini jacks)
Line In / Microphone In / Optical Out* (shared 3.5mm FlexiJack)
Auxiliary Line level Input (via 4-pin Molex connector)
Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2x5pin)

  
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Value 4.5
Performance 4.5
Ease of Use 4.5
Overall Satisfaction 4.5
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4 of 5 Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card Wednesday, March 18, 2009
A Customer from Eddyville, Ky.  

Since this is my first video card that i have bought, I must say that it was easy to install and the over all performance works well during gaming. Great price as well.
 
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5 of 5 X-Fi-World’s Sharpest Sound That Penetrates Even I Friday, December 19, 2008
Ravi Sankar from Bangalore  
This is Ravi Sankar from INDIA, My Rating will be 4.75/5 Let me divide my preferences based on the dimensions Price/Performance-5/5 User Interface-4.5/5 Sound Quality- With Crystallizer-5/5 Without Crystallizer-4/5 Build Quality: Senior user should tell this as I am new user Gaming Performance: 5/5 Comaptibility-3/5 Let me briefly tell about the compatibility of this card, It is giving some crackling and popping sounds with some mother boards. First the vendors suspected this problem is coming only with nForce chipsets but this problem is coming randomly in motherboards, Vendors Claimed that this problem resolved in Titanium series but this problem not yet resolved. Once it is compatible to any motherboard it will work fine forever otherwise it will give problems from starting itself. Coming to the software that comes with X-Fi, X-Fi Crystallizer is very worth and CMSS 3D is absolutely useless and waste. My previous sound card was Sound Blaster Live Value!, the software that came with it was GREAT as it does contain so many music instruments MIDI software like Rythmania, SB Live Demo etc. At this point of time, X-Fi sits top most of all the sound cards and kicks all. I have M-Audio Revolution, Razer AC-3 Barracuda Sound cards also, compared X-Fi with these, X-Fi is enormously greater than the others. I will recommend this card 100%. Thank you for reading.
 
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5 of 5 Great Buy Saturday, September 06, 2008
R. Scott Malone L.Ac. from Westminster, CO  
This item with the rebate was around $50 less than it would have cost at best Buy. It came quickly in th email and was a breeeze to install. I had to update the drivers from the creative site and then it was smooth sailing. Great product, great price. Thanks Buy.com! R. Scott Malone L.Ac.
 
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4 of 5 You'll like it Tuesday, July 29, 2008
jimboww from Orlando, FL  
Real nice card. In gaming mode, versus entertainment mode, you can crank up the graphic settings for COD 4 for improved perfomance. Make sure you get the $30 rebate, otherwise, it's overpriced at $80.
 
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5 of 5 Great sound quality Monday, June 30, 2008
Troy Brown from Pooler, GA  
I bought this as a replacement to my SB Audigy. The clarity and dynamics when playing music as compared to the Audigy are incredible. There are 3 customizable modes Entertainment, Games, and Audio Creation, that can be switched to instantly with a toolbar function. A great card for the money.
 
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5 of 5 Great Soundcard Friday, June 13, 2008
jdproductions321 from West Linn, OR  
I got this card for cheap with a mail in rebate. Buy.com shipped it quickly and it arrived in perfect condition. This product is exactly what I suspected it would be, and it works great with all my computing applications. I mostly love it for playing games (especially battlefield 2) because that is where I see the biggest difference in audio quality. The only problem (which isn't really a problem) I have had with this card was that it was a little hard to install and get used to all its features.
 
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5 of 5 Awesome card for gaming Monday, April 14, 2008
yonderB from San Francisco, CA  
<b>PROS:</b> Card sounds great. Playing my games and it gives such great detail that my old Audigy didn't deliver. Simulates surround sound on headphones extremely well. Cool feature is that is can simulate indoor & outdoor environments in my games extremely well. <br/><br/> <b>CONS:</b> Drivers that came in the box were bad. Crashed my system and was unable to startup. I uninstalled it and used the newest drivers on Creative's website. It works perfectly now.
 
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4 of 5 Real X-Fi with Crystallizer Monday, March 17, 2008
Thisis.ravi538 from Bangalore  
I brought X-Fi Xtreme Gamer and This is my Review...Profs followed by Cons followed by Others. Profs, Great sound with Crystallizer, This card is scrap if there is no crystallizer. If Creative can implement 192 Khz sampling rate with X-fi along with the Crystallizer that would be worlds richest sound. The processor utilization is less than one percent. I would highly recommend this card for Gamers. If the User is not Gamer they Can enjoy the same sound with X-Fi Xtreme Audio (This is 20$ cheaper than the Xtreme Gamer Card), here main Processor will take the sound processing job If found in many websites telling that X-fi is not compatible the NVidia nForce4 chip set, but My Mother board (ASUS M2N MX SE) is using Nvidia Nforce 430 chipset, north bridge, but My X-fi Xtreme gamer card is working fine Cons, From Here, Sound output and Quality will be reduced if you connect Speakers (in Switch ON state) and Headphones simultaneously or two sets of head phones simultaneously. I got the same problem with my Audigy Card also but I was NOT getting this problem with my last sound card Sound Blaster Live Value! There is no much MIDI related software’s like Rythamnia with Sound Blaster Live Value! Sampling rate is only 96Khz with this but even some Mid end cards are giving 192 khz sampling rate ex : M-Audio revolution 5.1 (Sampling rate directly proportional to the Quality of sound) Others, From here Creative folks should upgrade the Media Source 5 to play real media and VOB (DVD) files as well. Littlie bit confused by looking at the supported sampling rates and bit width of the card at System information under the specifications of Wave in/out devices as there is showing only 96Khz @ 16-bit instead of 96Khz @ 24-bit. Creative folks should explain this. For more information contact Thisis.ravi538@gmail.com
 
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5 of 5 Fixed my problem Wednesday, March 12, 2008
A Customer from Tampa, FL  
I just use my sound card to listen to music. I had an old Audigy 2 that for some reason was crackling and popping in the left channel, as verified by speakers and headphones. I ordered the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer, and very easily installed the new sound card. Problem solved. Nice clear sound to listen to my favorite music, with no more crackling and popping!
 
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4 of 5 Works with Vista x64 Friday, November 30, 2007
A Customer from St Peters, MO  
This card is pretty good for the money. There was awhile when Creative drivers weren't really working, but they have caught up and everything is fantastic. The software suite that comes with the card is very good. Sound quality is fantastic. EAX makes newer games come to life. I can tell a difference, even with only a 2.1 set-up.
 
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5 of 5 X-Fi Xtreme Gamer = Excellent sound Monday, March 26, 2007
Brian from Hudson, IL  
Great card, sounds excellent. Awesome value with rebate. Audio even sounds great through standard headphones! No problems with install and easy to update. Highly recommended.
 
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4 of 5 Easy installation Friday, March 23, 2007
Kernlk from Houston  
Installation of the card was very easy. It replaced my Audigy card and the software is specifically adapted to give the card flexibility with the different ways a person might use their computer. The sound reproduction is definitely a step up from the Audigy. A great buy for a low to mid range PC budget user.
 
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5 of 5 Awesome Tuesday, December 26, 2006
A Customer from Dallas, Texas  
Great sound card for gaming, no problem at all. Best price at buy.com, FREE shipping.
 
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