Testseek.co.uk have collected 21 expert reviews of the Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional PCIe and the average rating is 84%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional PCIe.
February 2009
(84%)
21 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Abstract: £106 - X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Soundcard£69.99 - MK II HeadsetVision has always been an important factor in our lives. Without it we don’t imagine. Film, television and computers have become paramount in raising our awareness of the visual...
There's no doubt that the Fatal1ty Pro is a top-class performer. Its support for EAX 5.0 HD and OpenAL is exemplary, as is its performance with music and film sound tracks. However, it is a tad expensive and has relatively limited connectivity which narro...
Abstract: This is the first Creative PCI-E sound card thats worth buying, and it does everything it should. Its a solid all-round card thats well suited to music, movies and games. If youre after a PCI-E sound card for gaming, its a better option than the ...
Abstract: Creatives Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium sound card fits into the PCI-E x1 slot on a motherboard. Installing the card was easy, although its metal shield came very close to touching the graphics card in the PCI-E x16 slot below it. Most motherboard la...
The question I hear over and over when discussing this card with friends is this: “Why bother with a sound card at all? Isn’t the motherboard’s sound good enough these days?” Indeed, if you’re not terribly picky about sound q...
Our tests prove the good quality of the new X-Fi Titanium family. These cards are honestly positioned for gamers now, being the best choice in this category. PCI Express itself does not give any benefits to the cards. But X-Fi Titaniums, owing to Crea...
Sounds great still
Full 8 channel output on the card
Optical digital input AND output
ALchemy fixes some games
EAX still sounds great in the few games that use it
Free DTS and Dolby Digital passthrough
Finally, a use for those PCIE X1 slots!
Onboard audio has caught up in quality
Vista severely hampers overall usefulness of this product
Expensive
When we first reviewed the X-Fi Fatal1ty in 2006, we called it the "soundcard of the future". Mostly because many of the features were beyond what game developers ever had access to, and very few used them (at the time, only two games had X-R...
