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Creative has announced the latest version of its popular X-Fi Sound Blaster sound cards – with the PCI Express Titianium.
Creativeis producing two different models – the Champion and the Professionalseries, with the former offering an external I/O drive for easierheadphone connection through the front drive bays.
The PCIExpress Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty range features DolbyDigital live encoding for single cable connection to home theatresystems, accelerated audio for a top gaming experience, EAX 5.0 effectsand 3D positional audio.
“Audio plays a huge factor inprofessional gaming, where every competitive advantage can make thedifference between winning and losing,” said Jonathan “Fatal1ty”Wendel, the legendary gamer whose name adorns the range.
“TheSound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty edition sound cards significantly enhanceany professional gaming rig, enabling us to hear what we can’t see andperform at our highest level.”
Features:
Creative X-Fi processor specifically designed for high-speed PCI Express slots in modern PCs
X-FiCrystalizer technology, which leverages audio algorithms tointelligently and selectively determine how to restore the highs andlows from sound effects, instruments and vocals and voices that weredamaged or diminished during the MP3, AAC, game audio or othercompression processes
X-Fi CMSS-3D technology, to createvirtual surround sound through speakers or headphones in games ormusic. In games, you hear your opponents in their exact location. Withmusic, the sound expands so it completely surrounds you.
Dolby Digital support for compelling 5.1 surround sound through a home theatre 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