Creative Sound Blaster X fi Elite Pro :: Education by Design Store

Editorial Review
Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro delivers the highest fidelity of all Sound Blaster X-Fi products with pristine 116dB SNR audio playback at up to 24-bit/192kHz. X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you. Get THX-certified surround plus cinematic DVD movie playback with PowerDVD software featuring DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding (free download with purchase) Browse through your music, movies and pictures with the X-Fi wireless remote and Entertainment Center software Boost game audio performance even further - Free up system memory and improve your audio quality and performance in games such as Battlefield 2, Prey, Quake 4, Doom 3 and others that take advantage of X-RAM Battle in a 3D soundscape - Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. Take your games to the next level!
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Customer Reviews

Excellent soundcard, but some issues with XP

2008-05-19
This is an awesome soundcard, to put it short. It provides incredible sound quality, and the external box allows you to connect a myriad of sound devices. I did have issues with installing the software on XP. If I would install the software provided on the included disc, it would all install, but I would get no sound. Finally I contacted creative and they told me to download the driver off their website. Doing that, I got sound and everything is good. Except I now can't use all of the other software that was included, on XP that is. I'm running both XP and Vista on the same PC. Installing the software onto Vista was a breeze. No problems whatsoever. I have yet to find the proper setting to make my headset's microphone work in games.

great product

2008-04-08
only for true music lovers though, bit pricey but worth it if you care about how your music sounds.
easy install. friendly.
all input and output one needs for connecting any imaginable device.

Xtreme Sound

2007-12-24
This sound card has everything you expect from it. The clarity of sound is amazing, and all the controls right at your finger tips, nice! It's very easy to install, just make sure your system meets or, preferably, exceeds the minimum requirements. It is a little bit expensive, but it's worth it. Great for musicians and recording enthusiasts, as well as gamers. It's the best there is...

ideal

2007-12-02
This card and module are just what is needed. Easy to use, easy to install, easy solution for connecting optical lines to your Home Theater Receiver. Module is a bit large though. Bit pricey but worth the money.

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