Testseek.com have collected 19 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
Experts 84% 19 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Outstanding gaming audio with excellent positional accuracy
Brilliant movie audio
Full compatibility with all games.
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!
The Fatal1ty Pro has a nice balance of home theater and gaming support
The editors didn't like
Very expensive
Requires software activation
Even with minimal installation
Muted Windows sounds in Vista.
Onboard audio has caught up in quality
Vista severely hampers overall usefulness of this product
Expensive
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...
We know for a fact many people still use integrated audio, and perhaps they see no big reason to switch. Audio is audio and it all sounds the same, right? Absolutely not! Most people aren’t too concerned with audio unless they have been subjected to h...
The arrival of Creatives Titanium Fatal1ty is good news for gamers, as it seems to have overcome the troubles of its earlier siblings, particularly with drivers and Windows Vista. Very aware of this history, I spent a great deal of time testing this c...
Abstract: Creative may now dominate the sound card market with even competitors like Auzentech using its technology, but thankfully the company still has its eye on innovation. While most sound cards are designed to be fitted in older, slower PCI slots, th...
