Creative Labs Sound Card

Creative Labs Sound Card

Creative Labs Sound Card

Computers are a part of life for nearly every person in the nation; we have them in homes, work and at school.

They have gone far beyond their original use as a business tool to a really a central hub for home activity.

People use them for budgets, work from home, schoolwork and entertainment just to name a few.

All of these applications may require sound and for that, you need a sound card. One of the most popular is the Creative Labs sound card line.

They have cards for simple every day use and more extreme cards for the intense gamer or music lover. Here we will look at one of their latest creations the XFI Titanium.

This is the Creative Labs sound card chosen most often by hard-core and professional gamers. It is a PCI Express professional series card and people are raving about it.

Features

5.0 sound effects
Realistic 3D positional audio
Accelerated audio for better gaming
Supports multiple speaker configurations- i.e. 2.1, 5.1 and 7.1 surround
PCI express bus connection

Pros

There is a reason this Creative Labs sound card was chosen by professional gamers. The realistic explosions will have you looking around for shrapnel and the 3D positional audio will allow you to pinpoint the enemy even over normal headsets.

If you are a gamer who enjoys titles like Doom, Quake 4 and Battlefield 2 then you will appreciate the X-Ram feature of this Creative Labs sound card. For those who do not know this is extra memory built into the sound card allowing sounds to be stored instead of streamed from the hard drive.

This feature only works with games that are compatible, however it is such a good idea that game titles will surely increase.

Cons

There have been some reports of driver issues and over inflated software package that come with the Creative Labs sound card XFi Titanium.

One user suggests skipping the disc that comes with the card and going directly to the Creative’s website for driver downloads. Of course, if you are interested in some of the software applications you will have to use the accompanying disc.

Price is always an issue and this is especially true in this economy. This particular Creative Labs sound card retails for about $150 on Amazon and that is not exactly pocket change.

Overall

From all reports, this is the gamers Creative Labs sound card. When you consider the price if you are not a gamer or someone, totally devoted to music you can find a cheaper sound card.

This is a genre specific sound card and anyone not interested in the above examples will likely be disappointed after spending so much money.

That does not mean it is a bad Creative Labs sound card, quite the contrary, however you must assess your needs before purchasing.

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