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Creative Labs SB0880 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card


Creative Labs SB0880 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Sound Card


Best Price: $99.99

Product Features
  • EAX 5.0 delivers sound effects that pull you into the game. Use Windows Vista, Creative Alchemy restores EAX surround sound for great experience
  • Hear 3D positional audio so precise, you can locate enemies by sound. Plus X-Fi CMSS-3D ensures you will get amazing surround sound
  • Boost performance in your favorite games with hardware audio acceleration that will blow your motherboard audio away
  • PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium has fantastic inputs and low-latency ASIO drivers for great music recording
  • Watch your DVDs in cinematic surround sound with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding (free download with purchase)
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Product Description

PC Gamers and audio enthusiasts looking for faster performance and more realistic gaming sound as well as the richest, most dynamic audio experience for music and movies.

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Sopien Said: Sound Of Heaven ( Nov. 6th 2009 )
Very good Sound card. I don't regret the price I paid for it. I will be delighted to recommend it to a Friend.
J. Braune Said: SOUND BLASTER !!!! ( Oct. 27th 2009 )
I don't know if there is another sound card out there besides Creative's but they are by far the best thing you can put in your computer if you are a music lover. The "Creative Console" has more tweaks than you will ever need to get the sound just right. I've owned several products from Creative over the years and have always been happy with their performance. You'll need a good set of speakers for this bad boy so don't skimp if your in the market for some new ones. You won't be dissapointed.
A. Harper Said: Fantastic sound/gaming upgrade; optical out capability was a deciding factor! ( Oct. 16th 2009 )
Let me preface my review with a little bit of background information: I was interested in this card because I was looking to upgrade my old Sound Blaster Audigy 2 on my Win XP desktop for two reasons. One was that I could tell my card was clearly outdated in terms of gaming features because the sound would not work at all for some games (Call of Duty 4) and I could tell a lot of sounds were missing from others (Far Cry 2) even after updating the drivers and editing all of the game settings that I could. The second reason was because I now have my desktop hooked up to my living room's HDTV and I wanted to have the capability to run my computer sound on my TV's 5.1 receiver by using the card's optical out (TOSLINK) feature. By searching around, it seemed to me that this was one of the only card's that had the optical feature within a decent price range. So, in terms of what I was looking for, this card has excelled in both areas. After installing it on Win XP SP 2 (where I did not run into any of the driver issues described by others in their reviews...perhaps Win 7 capability was the main issue there), I booted up Far Cry 2. Let me tell you I was VERY impressed with this new card. The EAX 5.0 clearly made a huge difference. Playing this game with the X-Fi Titanium made it a whole new experience. I then checked out Call of Duty 4. Great surround sound as well. This card honestly blew my expectations out of the water for how much better Far Cry 2 could sound. The optical out feature has also been great. To refute another reviewer's post, the optical out DOES output in 5.1 surround sound. You simply need to switch on the "Dolby Digital Live" feature within Creative's provided software console. When you first hook your card up to your receiver, it will only push out sound in 2.1. You will need to switch this setting on to get 5.1 surround, a process which takes all of about 5 seconds. Another aspect that I would like to refute from a previous reviewer's post is that switching between the sound modes (entertainment, gaming, etc) is some kind of difficult, annoying, or tedious task. Actually, I think it is so easy and a nice little feature to have. To switch the sound modes, all you have to do is click "mode" in the software console and then click a picture for one of the three different modes -- and that's it! Compare it to the amount of time you spend clicking between two browser window tabs, two IM windows, or two Google chat windows. It is seriously so easy. Finally, another great feature is the "X-Fi Crystalizer". Since I didn't see it on the Amazon product description, I figured it's a worthy mention. When you switch this feature on, your mp3 music becomes much cleaner and clearer. Using it with iTunes, I could hear a noticeable difference. I only listen to music with this feature on now! From Creative's site: "The X-Fi Crystalizer(tm) analyses your audio file, identifies key elements that were lost or damaged during the compression process, and re-masters them using selective audio enhancement. The mid-range and high-end (treble) becomes cleaner and clearer. Low-end (bass) frequencies are richer and more defined."
Flavio O. Dias Said: X-fi Titanium ( Oct. 14th 2009 )
I was tired of my mobo's sound, so I purchased this card, but I really didn't see any high improvements, maybe beacause I'm using a 32-Win XP?!?! And a "02 in rca plug" 5.1 hometheater?!??! I don't know, but maybe it'll get better once I buy a Receiver with optical or when a I start using Win-7.
Larry Mead Said: Better Fidelity ( Oct. 10th 2009 )
When installing I didn't think RealTek or what ever it's called and had to remove it in order to get iTunes to even play, now I can listen to them in Kick Butt sound!

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