Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS Expert Reviews

Intended for entertainment applications, the Platinum model ($200 street) adds a wireless remote and an I/O box. The latter fits into a 5.25-inch drive bay and adds front-mounted stereo aux-in RCA jacks, MIDI-in and -out connectors, a quarter-inch ...

Enormous feature set. Stunning audio quality. Outstanding interface. Can restore badly recorded or compressed content. Optional MCE-like interface with remote. Flexible I/O box fits into a 5.25-inch drive bay.

Pricey if you don't need all its features.

The Platinum has all the connectivity you need for a desktop theater system or for listening to CDs, digital music files, handheld players, or multichannel DVD-Audio content. Throw in its ability to repair low-bit-rate MP3 files and badly recorded CD ...

The X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS ($280 street) targets hardcore gamers. In addition to an I/O drive, it comes with 64MB of X-RAM designed to improve the sound quality and performance of compatible games. This is a feature worth having if you're into high-end ...

Enormous feature set. Stunning audio quality. Outstanding interface. Can restore badly recorded or compressed content. Optional MCE-like interface with remote. Flexible I/O box fits into a 5.25-inch drive bay, plus 64MB onboard RAM.

Expensive.

The Fatal1ty adds 64MB of onboard RAM and an I/O breakout box to the basic X-Fi platform. Although these features make a superb board even better, you'd need to be a serious gamer to find them worth the extra money.

Does Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel's endorsement a good pair of gaming headphones make?

Sounds incredible

Pricey

Overall, the SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS is an impressive piece of hardware that fulfils the key functions of a sound card better than any other consumer product. Hardcore gamers now face the difficult choice: a new graphics card, or an X-Fi ...

Available in several guises, we get to review the version of the X-Fi targeted at the gamer, the Fatal1ty FPS

The rest of the range, while a little pricey are quite simply a class apart. There may be times when you switch the fancy functions off you'll need to remind yourself what you paid so much money for. But what the card does it does supremely well and ...

Creative presents, together with professional players Jonathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel has developed, "Fatal1ty Gaming Headset", especially for the multiplayer and online games suitable be

For around 120 euros, you can Creatives new sound miracle after home? and the most directly associated with the "Fatal1ty" headset. Who bit less demands on the Sound, takes to the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer in the standard version, so can save about 40 e...

Some would argue that the sound card was fully developed already ten years ago when Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 was the king of the hill. Audio in CD quality and two, who really need more? Man has, after all, only two ears. To post, we know better than t...

In almost every motherboard worth the money comes with integrated audio for at least six channels, digital input / output and EAX support, many Gamer who have wondered about the thousands of duplication as a brand sound card still cost is worth to spend....

Powerful bass and clear sound combined with velvety soft fabric moves of little help when comfort is at a bottom level .

Sounds good. Relatively inexpensive ;

works only with usb. Terrible comfort ;

Unfortunately, all packed into something that can only be described as horrible. Pass The shape of the headset is not near to be comfortable for a normal adult human. The bells are painfully tight, and will only be worse if you rely on to use the glasses...

We have tested the latest Creative sound card, in the form of the Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS. Does the Creative X-Fi has managed to create the perfect sound card ?

Innovative architecture; Very good and exciting oppmiksingsegenskaper; Tracks very well; Good ASIO properties; could have had even better performance; Should have been the opportunity for automation of mode choice; Relatively high cost; Innovative archite...

Could have had even better performance; Should have been the opportunity for automation of mode choice; Relatively high prices, could have had even better performance, should be possibility for automation of mode choice, Relatively high cost;

To this they have developed a new architecture, so that the user can select different modes to work in, where the architecture ensures that the card at any time adjust to use. The idea is good and the X-Fi achieves much of what it promises. Nevertheless,...