Creative Labs SB1040 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card

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Creative Labs SB1040 PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Sound Card
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Product Description:
Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio gives an experience beyond studio quality with MP3 music and movies! Featuring award-winning X-Fi technologies, X-Fi Crystalizer restores the details and vibrance lost during MP3 and DIVX compression, breathing life back into any audio, while X-Fi CMSS-3D expands stereo music and movies into amazing surround sound. Effective over virtually any speakers, including stereo speakers, Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio even provides unbelievable surround sound over normal headphones! The low profile design plus digital out for connecting to a home cinema system make it ideal for Media Center PCs.3.5mm Headphone Out/Line Out (front L/R) Line Out 2 (rear L/R, side L), Line Out 3 (center/sub/side R) 3.5mm Flexijack -Line In / Microphone In / Digital I/O Internal line level Input (via 4-pin Molex connector) Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2x5pin) 2 Year Warranty System Requirements -Windows XP, Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2000+, 256 MB RAM, 600 MB Hard Drive, PCI 2.1, CD-ROM Drive

Features:
  • Device Type - Sound Blaster
  • Interface Type - PCI-E
  • Sound Output Mode - 7.1
  • - Recording: 24-bit/96kHz
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: out of 5 stars
Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent Surround Sound card
I purchased this card for editing music files and playback of HD movies on my computer in surround sound. I have been unable to detect extraneous electronic noise from the card, and the surround sound is phenominal. Editing of music files yields tremendous results when creating movie tracks or audio CDs. Cost relative to performance is worth the purchase.
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars - BUYER BEWARE, SB1040 / 70SB104000000 - NOT AN X-FI CHISET CARD, DECEPTIVE MARKETING
Nice sound, optical in and out, cheap, BUT, as I later found out AFTER purchase, as I saw no disclaimer nor information indicating otherwise on any vendor sites nor the Creative Labs site, this is NOT a true X-FI chipset card, a cheap knock off branded as an X-FI.

It is my opinion this borders on deceptive marketing practices as an X-FI is an X-FI, and this is NOT an X-FI chipset card..

NOT AN X-FI CHIPSET CARD, BUYER BEWARE OF CREATIVE LABS

Creative Labs admitted ... Read More
Rating: 3 out of 5 stars - Creative Sound Card
The sound card works as advertised.I wish I could have had the PCI-e version but that slot is over shadowed by my video card- so I had to settle for this option.It works fine however I did notice a little instability in the entire system after it was added.It seems to have shaken out now though.
Rating: 2 out of 5 stars - Not what I had hoped for
I ordered this sound card for its digital output toslink and claimed compatibility with windows vista. However, this card did not live up to my expectations at all. I had wanted to hook up the sound card to play through my audio receiver and 7.1 speaker setup in the living room. What they fail to tell you, except in the fine print, is that the digital SPDIF outputs only output Dolby 5.1 sound when you are playing DVDs. Otherwise, if you are playing MP3's or other music files, it only outputs in stereo (and ... Read More
 
 
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