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General Information Manufacturer Creative Technology Ltd Manufacturer Part Number 70SB073A00000 Manufacturer Website Address www.creative.com Product Name Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Sound Card Package Type Retail Technical Information Product Type Sound Board Audio Processor Creative X-Fi - (Xtreme Fidelity) Host Interface PCI Interfaces/Ports Sound Channels 7.1 Warranty Interfaces/Ports 3 x 3.5mm Mini Jack Audio Line-out - (Speaker and Headphone connections for stereo to 7.1) 1 x 3.5mm Mini Jack Audio Line-in - (For Line In / Microphone In / Optical Out (Supports SPDIF out), FexiJack) 1 x 4-pin Audio Line-in - AUX_IN (Molex Connector on Card)

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53 Reviews

Love it (81%)  |  Hate it (13%)  |  On the Fence (2%)  |  Didn't Rate it (4%)
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From: Amazon Posted: Jul 01, 2008 Type: User Review High ROI

For such a reasonable price, and ease of installation (to Vista-32, no less), this sound card is sensational. This is the best ROI I have ever experienced in a hardware product. Intuitive directions and the software installation wizard made the...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 17, 2008 Type: User Review Lots of promises, not much to back it up

This card simply does not perform to it's product specifications and marketing claims. This can mostly be attributed to the terrible sound drivers that cause a multitude of problems. Such problems include random sound distortions, popping, broken...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 10, 2008 Type: User Review Hit or Miss

I'm giving this item two stars since the majority of reviews have liked the product. However, I could not get the system to recognize the card in either of my two open PCI slots. Setup simply stated "no SB product detected" and immediately closed....
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 04, 2008 Type: User Review Best Sound Card

I came through this card while I was checking on Amazon about Creative products, and after reading the reviews, I decided to order one, after few days I received it, was surprised that the card looked kind of small and nothing special, so I...
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From: Amazon Posted: Jun 02, 2008 Type: User Review known issue with many games, file name ha20x2k.sys

after many crashes and calling dell and reading my error log and game web site's ,i found out it is the creative lab driver "ha20x3k.sys" was the problem. creative has not fixed the driver yet and the file is a known issue. june 1 2008
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From: Amazon Posted: May 30, 2008 Type: User Review Problems wirh Windows XP SP3 and latest (June 2008) Drivers

If you are using an analog microphone with this soundcard and are using Windows XP with service pack 3 you will not be able to use your microphone plugged into the back of this card. However, the front panel microphone connection will work (if you...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 21, 2008 Type: User Review Has "What U Hear" (Stereo Mix or Wave Out) for Vista!

This review is intended to help those who, like myself, have been pulling out their hair, looking for a sound card that provides a means to record what is heard through the speakers, directly from the system, in addition to the mic and line-in...
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From: Amazon Posted: Apr 11, 2008 Type: User Review Pairs nicely with Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 THX speakers...

I had a Bestbuy gift card burning a whole in my walet, so I decided to go out and get me nice soundcard. Would've been nice to get the Fatal1ty version but funds weren't permitting. Instead I went with the next best thing, the ExtremeGamer. read full review | report as inappropriate





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From: Amazon Posted: Mar 04, 2008 Type: User Review Perfect Card

The extreme gamer X-Fi is a killer sound card, between the EAX 5.0 Advanced HD and the software features like game, audio, and entertainment modes it really enhances any audio one wishes to listen to. Creative includes an autoupdate program which...
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From: Amazon Posted: Feb 09, 2008 Type: User Review Sound Blaster X-Fi review

Had a bit of difficultly with installing card because of interrupt problems with my Nvidia 7800 GS. Good overall perforance and good sound.
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