Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series [The ‘Professional Gamers Choice’ Sound Card]

Following on from announcing their new Sound Blaster X-Fi External USB 5.1 Channel eXtreme Fidelity Surround Sound Audio Solution For Notebooks, Creative have announced the immediate availability of their new PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card which is very much aimed at high-end gamers – hence its official status as the Championship Gaming Series (CGS) sound card – in offering Dolby digital Live encoding, X-Fi CMSS-3D 3D positional audio and EAX 5.0 Advanced HD digital sound processing paired with 64MB of dedicated X-Ram.

‘We’ve developed the PCI Express models of our Sound Blaster X-Fi gaming sound cards to meet the specific requests that we’ve received from end users,” said Steve Erickson, VP and GM of audio and VLSI for Creative. “We have re-architected our X-Fi processor so we can deliver even more performance and provide the best audio available on the PC today. You’ll know why it’s worth the upgrade to PCI Express the second you hear it. We’ve also added Dolby Digital encoding, for connection to a home theater system for an awesome gaming experience. We created an entirely new I/O drive with an innovative design that can fit either a 3 ½” or 5 ¼” drive bay. Plus, the Sound Blaster Titanium series cards are optimized for Windows Vista with UAA-compliant hardware.’

Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series Key Features:

• Creative X-Fi processor specifically designed for high-speed PCI Express slots in modern PCs
• X-Fi Crystalizer technology, which leverages audio algorithms to intelligently and selectively determine how to restore the highs and lows from sound effects, instruments and vocals and voices that were damaged or diminished during the MP3, AAC, game audio or other compression processes
• X-Fi CMSS-3D technology, to create virtual surround sound through speakers or headphones in games or music. In games, you hear your opponents in their exact location. With music, the sound expands so it completely surrounds you
• Dolby Digital support for compelling 5.1 surround sound through a home theater system
• Creative ALchemy to restore EAX and surround sound in DirectSound game titles running under Vista
• Certified UAA compliance for maximum Windows Vista compatibility
• X-RAM dedicated audio memory to boost performance in select games
• THX Certified surround sound for cinematic movie audio playback
• PowerDVD software with DTS-ES and Dolby Digital-EX decoding
• 24-bit audio quality and 109db SNR audio clarity
• ASIO recording support with latency as low as one millisecond with minimal CPU load

Just made available via Creative’s online store, the Creative PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card will set you back just shy of $150.

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