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Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Add the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ Xtreme Audio PCI Express® sound card to your PC and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound. Plus experience 3D audio and EAX effects in games.  | Restore the details and vibrance your music and movies lost during compression. X-Fi technology intelligently enhances the highs and lows so you'll hear it all-crisp cymbal crashes, wailing guitar solos, screeching tires and booming explosions. |  | Expand your stereo music and movies into surround sound. Voices are centered in front of you. Ambient sound appears all around you... just like a live performance. Listen on a pair of desktop speakers or a full 5.1 speaker system. |  | Slip on your headphones and X-Fi technology moves the sound away from your ears and into the space around you. You'll be surrounded by multiple virtual speakers and feel like you're sitting with your favorite band or in the best seat in the movie theater. Games sound better too with positional audio that's so accurate you can locate enemies by sound. |  | Experience realistic sound effects and 3D surround that make you feel like you're actually in the game. Over 400 existing games use Creative EAX® sound effects to provide better gaming sound. |
And if you're using Windows Vista™, Creative ALchemy restores surround sound for the same great gaming experience.  | Enjoy cinematic DVD movie experiences with PowerDVD software featuring DTS-ES® and Dolby Digital® EX decoding. (Requires download via Internet connection). |  | We have updated audio drivers that will allow you to enjoy the ultimate in Sound Blaster performance in Windows 8.
Click here to download the latest drivers. |
| | | Product Details: | | | Product Length:
| 11.25 inches | | Product Width:
| 7.75 inches | | Product Height:
| 2.25 inches | | Product Weight:
| 0.4 pounds | | Package Length:
| 11.2 inches | | Package Width:
| 7.9 inches | | Package Height:
| 2.2 inches | | Package Weight:
| 0.45 pounds | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 44 reviews |
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58 of 67 found the following review helpful:
 BUYER BEWARE, SB1040 / 70SB104000000 - NOT AN X-FI CHISET CARD, DECEPTIVE MARKETINGMay 10, 2009
By InnerSquare
"InnerSquare"
Nice sound, optical in and out, cheap, BUT, as I later found out AFTER purchase, as I saw no disclaimer nor information indicating otherwise on any vendor sites nor the Creative Labs site, this is NOT a true X-FI chipset card, a cheap knock off branded as an X-FI.
It is my opinion this borders on deceptive marketing practices as an X-FI is an X-FI, and this is NOT an X-FI chipset card..
NOT AN X-FI CHIPSET CARD, BUYER BEWARE OF CREATIVE LABS
Creative Labs admitted to me this card is not an X-FI chipset card, and that it so-called "emulates" X-FI via software.
Yeah right, and if that is the case, a Ford Escort can "emulate" a LTD Crown Vic also...
SHAME ON YOU CREATIVE LABS.
My last purchae was an Audigy 2ZS Platinum Pro which was not cheap, and I fully expected more only to be VERY disappointed that I got a cheap knockoff of an X-FI card that was misrepresented.
Does anyone else feel as if they have been misrepresented by this card not having an X-FI chipset on it while being marketed/represented as an X-FI product line offering?
28 of 32 found the following review helpful:
 Not what I had hoped forMay 27, 2008
By D. Pham
I ordered this sound card for its digital output toslink and claimed compatibility with windows vista. However, this card did not live up to my expectations at all. I had wanted to hook up the sound card to play through my audio receiver and 7.1 speaker setup in the living room. What they fail to tell you, except in the fine print, is that the digital SPDIF outputs only output Dolby 5.1 sound when you are playing DVDs. Otherwise, if you are playing MP3's or other music files, it only outputs in stereo (and poor quality stereo at that). I then tried to go analog and connect the various output jacks to my receiver's inputs. The sound quality was awful.
So I sent the card back.
This is in stark contrast to the old Soundblaster Extigy which I purchased years ago. It was able to output surround sould (including CMSS) through the digital connection to my receiver and sounded great. The problem is that I had to upgrade to Vista and Creative abandoned the Extigy, deeming it "End of Life". I have since been unable to find a sound card which can provide its feature set for Vista.
Needless to say, I did not purchase another Soundblaster. I went with an alternative sound card with Dolby Digital Live output. It is still not as good as the Extigy because it doesn't provide CMSS, but it'll do for now.
15 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Terrific sound and excellent valueOct 11, 2009
By Timothy Bochard
"Software Engineer"
I purchased the PCI-e version of this card about a month ago when the built-in audio circuitry on my motherboard quit working. Sure wish I had done this sooner! Even though I had high-end sound on a top-of-the-line motherboard, the Soundblaster X-Fi Extreme Audio Card was better - by several orders of magnitude. It was easy to install and configure. It did take some time, after loading its software, to download updates from the Internet. But, that will happen with any card. Frankly, I was happy it did it automatically as I hate hunting for drivers. Anyway, it has some nice config software although you may find, as I did, that it works just fine out of the box. I run a relatively inexpensive set of computer speakers with combined subwoofer -- nothing fancy -- and the sound is amazing. Much better than before. I now use this PC as a Windows Media Center PC, watching and recording TV, movies, pictures -- you name it -- in the Family Room. This card really rounds out the experience. I paid around $50 for the card on Amazon. I consider it a great value. There's a reason why Creative Labs is still cranking out these boards even though motherboard manufacturers build audio in: the sound is BETTER! Upgrade from your motherboard card and hear the difference!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Disappointed in sound recording abilitySep 03, 2011
By LarryBoy
I purchased this sound card primarily to record sound on my new HP desktop loaded with 64 bit Windows 7 professional. I was disappointed to find that the "what u hear" recording option that was available on my former windows XP system was not available with this card and OS combination. I even tried connecting the speaker output jack and the line-in jack on the card, but that resulted in nasty feedback and echo making it impossible to even record that way. Not sure if it is and OS or hardware issue, but it has me very frustrated at the moment.
17 of 21 found the following review helpful:
Don't buy it if you plan on recording internet streamsApr 07, 2010
By Charles@Brooklyn
When this product was first introduced under Windows XP it was able to record internet streams. When the drivers were updated to Windows Vista and Windows 7 the "What You Hear" option was NO LONGER INCLUDED. Therefore you will be paying full price for a card that only does half the job. This card is so limited in function software wise that you would do just about as well with the integrated audio on your PC or another card. I found this out after paying to have this installed in my new Dell PC. Had I known this beforehand, I would not have bought the product. Please don't support SoundBastards by buying a product that only does half the job. Teach them a lesson in the pocketbook.
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