DEAD $80 Shipped X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series Sound Card

[gigahertz20]

Deal is gone now.



X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series Sound Card


Not a bad deal considering the nearest price on pricegrabber for this sound card is $118. I'm still debating whether or not to buy it since Creative is known for their problems and X-Fi 2 supposedly is going to come out in the near future. I might just have to hold out with onboard sound a little longer.

 

[chizow]

Its a pretty good price on the card, a few things of note:

1) There's a new PCI-E X-Fi Titanium that does DDLive/DTS Interactive similar to the Auzen Prelude 7.1. Main difference is this card is PCI-E but it does NOT have HDMI out.

2) Auzentech has just released an X-FI PCI-E HDMI 1.3 card that will be able to decode/pass uncompressed DTS-MA/TrueHD and 8ch LPCM over HDMI. The only other card able to do this is the new Xonar DX 1.3. Both will cost you $200+.

3) Creative has said they will release drivers enabling DDLive/DTS Interactive for older/existing X-Fi cards sometime in July.

Along with the prospect of an X-Fi 2 (PCI-E with HDMI uncompressed support most likely), it seems like its a bit of a transitional period for sound cards. Personally I would wait if you're in the market or if you have an X-Fi or whatever else already, I'd evaluate whether or not you need the added features (PCI-E, HDMI, DDLive encoding etc) in your set-up.

 

[Corporate Thug]

holy crap there are a lot of tempting deals today

 

[gigahertz20]

I was reading in some of the Newegg reviews, that there is no way to connect your cases front audio connectors (Mice in and headphone in, the green and pink ports on the front) to this sound card. You have to buy their proprietary front panel connector in order to do so, that sucks. I guess it's not a big deal if you don't frequently plug in your mic and headphone, but I do.

 

[havoti97]

Actually you can create your own adapter with a few parts from Ratshack. The pin outs are well known and float around on the internet.

 

[Burner27]

Originally posted by: chizow
Its a pretty good price on the card, a few things of note:

1) There's a new PCI-E X-Fi Titanium that does DDLive/DTS Interactive similar to the Auzen Prelude 7.1. Main difference is this card is PCI-E but it does NOT have HDMI out.

2) Auzentech has just released an X-FI PCI-E HDMI 1.3 card that will be able to decode/pass uncompressed DTS-MA/TrueHD and 8ch LPCM over HDMI. The only other card able to do this is the new Xonar DX 1.3. Both will cost you $200+.

3) Creative has said they will release drivers enabling DDLive/DTS Interactive for older/existing X-Fi cards sometime in July.

Along with the prospect of an X-Fi 2 (PCI-E with HDMI uncompressed support most likely), it seems like its a bit of a transitional period for sound cards. Personally I would wait if you're in the market or if you have an X-Fi or whatever else already, I'd evaluate whether or not you need the added features (PCI-E, HDMI, DDLive encoding etc) in your set-up.

Isn't optical out better than HDMI out for sound?

Is this the card you were referring to: http://www.soundblaster.com/pr...gory=208&product=17791

 

[GeezerMan]

Can't use optical or coax for Dolby TrueHD or DTS HD audio. You will only get the "core" audio if you try. The core audio does not include the HD frequencies

 

[dragonlord2112]

Originally posted by: havoti97
Actually you can create your own adapter with a few parts from Ratshack. The pin outs are well known and float around on the internet.

Actually, the latest issue (I think) of Maximum PC has the instructions and the part numbers you need.