The ideal versatile sound card to suit all digital entertainment experiences, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum sound card includes an internal drive bay with additional, convenient... more
This review already contains more than 120 words. As a Ciao member you could earn up to £5 with this review.
Compliant Standards: Dolby Digital EX, ASIO 2.0, Digital Theater Systems Extended Surround (DTS-ES), EAX ADVANCED HD, Sensaura MacroFX, Dolby Digital EX, ASIO 2.0, THX, Digital Theater Systems Extended Surround (DTS-ES), EAX ADVANCED HD
Manufacturer's product description
The ideal versatile sound card to suit all digital entertainment experiences, the Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum sound card includes an internal drive bay with additional, convenient front-facing input/output connectivity for headphone listening, PC gaming and audio creation. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum includes the X-Fi IR remote, for easy access to the Entertainment Center software console, which enables access to music, movies and picture slide shows through a slick, streamlined interface. The Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum also includes all of the standard features, application software, power and performance capabilities of the Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic.
Expansion / connectivity
Interfaces:
On external drive : 1 x headphones - output - phone stereo 6.25 mm
On external drive : 1 x audio - SPDIF input - RCA
On external drive : 1 x audio - SPDIF output - RCA
1 x audio - RCA
1 x MIDI - input - 5 PIN DIN
1 x MIDI - output - 5 PIN DIN
On external drive : 1 x audio - line-in/microphone - phone stereo 6.25 mm
1 x audio - line-out (rear/right surround) - mini-phone 3.5 mm 4-pole
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer/left surround) - mini-phone 3.5 mm 4-pole
1 x audio - line-out/headphones - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-in/microphone - mini-phone 3.5mm
Compatible Slots: 1 x PCI
Compatible Bays: 1 x front accessible - 5.25" x 1/2H
Miscellaneous
Included Accessories: Remote control, Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum I/O Hub
Package Type: Retail
Software / system requirements
Software: Drivers & Utilities, Real Entertainment Center, Creative MediaSource 3
Advantages: Great Dolby/DTS decoder, excellent sound quality and gaming audio Disadvantages: expensive
...This is the X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS endorsed by professional gamer Johnathan "Fatal1ty" Wendel. X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS also features a glowing Fatal1ty logo on the soundcard and drive bay(!!!!!!).Err, ok, moving on....
First up, whats included in the package. You get the card, a 5.25 inch drive bay with various audio inputs and outputs which I wil detail later, and a remote that can be used to make changes to volume and other functions, also mentioned later. The installation CD contains drivers and also the following: Doom3 EAX patch, Audio Console, Creative MediaSource & DVD-Audio Player, DTS Neo:6, Karaoke Player, Smart Recorder, SoundFont Bank Manager, THX Setup Console, Vienna SoundFont Studio, Console Launcher, Volume Panel, WaveStudio, Creative Media Toolbox, Creative Diagnostics. Drivers and software can be autoupdated via the creative...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Advantages: Many features, high qaulity, overall good sound card! Disadvantages: None that I can think of
...I got this card as a birthday present some months ago and a good present it wass too!
Where to start...
Well the SoundBlaster Audigy Platinum has more features than you can shake a stick at! Just go to www.creative.com and look for it.
But from my experience here is what you get:
>Really high sound qaulity and support for analouge and digital 5.1 surround sound speaker rigs.
>A whole load of ports and sockets for pluging things into (It has a whole box of extra ports that firts in a drive bay)
>Some cool affects from echos to voice changers, I've had some great fun with those!
>Some very usefull bundeled software.
When I got everything out of the box there were so many bits I thaught "This is going to take ages" But a quick read through the quick start guide and everything was clear. I was installing it in a Compaq system...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
Advantages: Crystal clear sound with a comprehensive software package Disadvantages: Features can be a bit daunting for the novice
...in and drivers installed, I also managed to increase my 3Dmark2003 scores by over 1000, showing that it does release a large amount of system resources for other devices.
Software as usual with creative packages will leave you wanting for nothing. The entertainment centre allows fine tuning sound for music/DVD or games independantly. Creative mediasource player is the best player/MP3 decoder I've used, and with the ability to plug in any musical instrument (I've plugged in my base and had a play with the recorder and audio creation packages), and tweak till you're hearts content. Short of full on proffesional suite from the likes of Yamaha, or spending another £150 on the X-Fiplatinum, you won't get a better package...
Read review
Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful
I bought the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Music to complement my Grado SR325 + Creek OBH-1 Headphone Amplifier system, so I could enjoy the music at the best possible quality without having to endure the on-board sound card (although the nForce 680i HD... more
Ease of install
This is perhaps the best bit of all, installing the card is simple to a compatent user. It takes a while with all cables, and feeding them where you want them but once in, power on and install the lenghtly disk. The installation of the more
It’s not always easy or convenient to open your PC to install a new soundcard. You may just not like the idea of physically opening the machine. It may be you are a laptop owner and plagued by their notoriously poor audio capabilities. In either case, if more
This product has not yet been reviewed. 
06.07.2006
15.06.2004
20.03.2006
