Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty Sound Card $199

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Marthisdil

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Originally posted by: huesmann
LOL @ you morons buying sound cards at video card prices.
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LOL @ idiots calling people who spend their money on tech morons, when said idiot prolly spends his on Astroglide for his male-dorm weekend parties.
 
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Originally posted by: gi0rgi0
Well the discussion was about the x-fi Fatal1ty edition soundcard. Fatal1ty = games. Get it ? K nuff said.
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same family, more less same thing. thats not what I remember of creative's marketing strategy. face it, it wont change gaming by much at all - precisely why creative is pushing this "audiophile card" idea. plus there is someone commented on the card's sonic signature, and thus comes my babble. I was going to post the link on this crystalizer BS but someone else beat me to the punch.
 
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Originally posted by: XNice
they say ignorance is bliss, i love my card....
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yep, there is no cure for upgratidis, i am getting my amp upgraded soon. as long as you are happy with what you have, better not to open the can of worms :)
 
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Originally posted by: Skiguy411
Commmmeee onnnn. Ship them creative!
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I e-mailed them today and was said told they are tentatively scheduled to ship out on or before the 12th of Sept.
 
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cheapherk

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Originally posted by: jdogg707

I e-mailed them today and was said told they are tentatively scheduled to ship out on or before the 12th of Sept.
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As I stated before when I e-mailed them, they said,


Dear Bill
The pre-ordered x-fi will be shipping arround labor day.
Thank you for contacting Creative Labs

Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.

Best Regards,

Marcia (15328)
Direct Sales
Creative Labs Americas
"Get Creative"

 
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corinthos

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how are these new X-Fi cards from Creative supposed to stack up against the E-MU line of cards like the 1212m or 0404?

Seems kinda pricey to me!
 
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i hear the $400 version **may sound identical due to exactly same components used. granted, even the previous audigys were based on the same DSP, but that doesnt say much about the analog subsection. so finally you have a card that doesnt sound bad and works well for games, it appears. but at that MSRP, you might as well save up some more and go for external dacs like microDAC or VDA-1 if music is your priority. I am very happy with my modded 1212M, not planning on upgrading the source for a while..
 
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boo hiss... only has wxp driver... any chance of a w2k driver??? i went and bought the thing for my kid at bby and really don't want to go to xp...
 
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Originally posted by: Wag
One of the more known issues for all previous generation products was that internal conversion between 44.1 and 48 KHz, that conversion could actually be heard on Audigy 4 and lower products, it's a huge task. The X-Fi sound processor is compiling it's data at 48 kHz yet the up and down conversion is managed in such an advanced way that there basically is no loss of sound anymore.
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Yeah right. After all this time Creative is still not able to produce a soundcard that doesn't up and then downconvert? That was the most major complaint and this POS is still doing it? Sorry, but no thanks.
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Sure they're able to, however they're sadly not going to bother placing any R&D money into it when your average luser doesn't seem to notice or care.

 
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cheapherk

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Originally posted by: Skiguy411
WHERE THE FVCK IS MY SOUND CARD? I sent them an email...no response.
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I hear you. They did resond the first time very quickly (posted above). I saw from another post, they were told Sept. 12th, so naturally I e-mailed them again, but have not heard anything.

I want it, and I want it NOW!
 
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cheapherk

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Originally posted by: Skiguy411
Still waiting.....anyone heard anything?
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Just got a reply from creative:

Dear Bill,

We are expecting to begin shipping the X-FI cards the beginning of next
week. Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.

Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.

Best Regards,

Leean (11959)
Direct Sales
Creative Labs Americas
"Get Creative"
 
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Skiguy411

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Recieved a reply as well:

Dear Chris,

We currently do not have an exact release date, but they should be
shipping in 1-2 weeks. Sorry for the delay. If you have any other
questions or are in need of any further assistance, please contact us
again.



Please retain all the previous correspondence when replying to this
email.

Best Regards
,

Detra (15321)
Direct Sales
Creative Labs Americas
"Get Creative"



This is ridiculous.....
 
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clarkkent333

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This is a suprise to you guys? Remember, your dealing with Creative here. I wouldn't get my hopes up too high.
 
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Originally posted by: sparkyclarky
Originally posted by: amdmaxx
Its not worth the price.. U can get HD sound from motherboards these days..
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If you think that is anywhere close to what a good soundcard can do, I have a bridge to sell you.

The verdict is still coming on this creative card/chip. If the past is any indication, it will be the gaming standard, but just OK for movie and music fare. Having 50 million transistors does not automatically transmit into being better sound quality.

It's nice that other companies are starting to finally return to trying to fight creative's near monopoly in the sound card market. See the Via envy chip, the latest dolby digital live chipset from another company (cmedia?), and the like. It's unfortunate that Creative sued Aureal out of existence, as A3D was and remains the pinacle of 3D sound.
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What can you do when you have an inferior product but sue the competition. This $200 sound card cannot possibly be worth more than $70 at best.
 
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