http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Blaster-Beamforming-Microphone-SB1500/dp/B009ISU33E
It's back and $5 cheaper than before!
It's back and $5 cheaper than before!
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People in the Amazon reviews seem to think it was well worth the upgrade.Is this worth upgrading over a creative x-fi titanium fatal1ty?
WTF! I just bought it last week for $65.
I want my $5 back.
For those considering, I went from on-board Asus audio to this card and the difference was mind-blowing. I was a big skeptic too.
Can you use that mic for gaming?
still on the fence because i have an x-fi titanium, does this have the onboard ram? and also unsure with the step back from 7.1 down to 5.1
any input from x-fi upgraders?
still on the fence because i have an x-fi titanium, does this have the onboard ram? and also unsure with the step back from 7.1 down to 5.1
any input from x-fi upgraders?
Looks like its back up to $99
Can anyone confirm this has a headphone amp built in?
The Z has the amp read the specs for the card on Creative or Newegg for that matter.
Just double checking.
It wasn't meant mean or anything like get off your lazy a$$ and google it or something. I just know that Amazon specs for items really really sucks and they mix a ton of useless sh$% in there pages right in the middle of product details. One of these days they might get it and change how they do things.
BTW Creative also has it listed at $79.99 so that is another option if Amazon claims to sell out. Even though it shows the item is being sold by Creative and fulfilled by Amazon.
It was only a $9.00 stainless steel spoon...
Does this card require any tinkering once it's installed (besides selecting input/output sources) or is it basically plug and play?
I'm thinking of picking one up although I may have to squeeze it between my GPUs.
I'm actually considering buying it used for $55.23....probably just an open package and nothing wrong with it...and not to derail a thread but is the prime membership worth it?
My goal is to become rich enough that I can buy my table settings one utensil at a time. You, my friend, are living the dream!
Ok so my tentative review of the card after going from X-Fi Fatal1ty Titanium (The one with the black casing). Audio through 5.1 surround sounds clearer and crisper. Software isn't as configurable as it was with the x-fi. Now headphones. I'm torn on this. The program has to actually be opened. You can't just hover over the icon or right click on it and select headphone/speaker mode. The program has to actually be pulled open to switch and if your not on that screen you have to go to that screen also. Come on are these programers 12?
Audio through the amp using the headphone selection sucks bass wise. It's pretty flat and sounds like the shitty as hell Beats headphones I listened at BB today. The Sony MDR-XB400 was a much better sounding headset and had much much deeper bass then Beats. So that is what I ordered on Amazon for my Daughter that wants Beats for x-mas. LOL She will thank me I'm sure.
Anyway back to the bass through headphones wtf is the deal I haven't tried in a game yet as the game I've been playing lately has a 1.2gig patch today so It's patching I guess I'll get a seat in it after 10pm central to see how it sounds from what it did most of this morning on the xfi through front audio connection.
I wouldn't think having the front I/O Cable hooked up to the back of the card would cut out anything from the headphone jack as it should act the same I would think or does it actually have to be just hooked to the board and no front audio header connected to the card? The vague instructions didn't mention anything otherwise so I would thing the headphone jack in the back on the card or the one on the front of my case would act the same. (I tested my Gamecom headset out off the card in back. Haven't even tried the front audio connection since I have them already hooked up in rear.
If the bass isn't better then before then I might as well send this thing back to Newegg as I rarely get to listen to my surround sound (fiancee nags) and have my headphones on all the time when I game. Maybe I should have ordered the G35 instead of this damn card for my purposes.
:-( Impulse buys suck donkey.........
I can't imagine the bass sucking that bad compared to an older card...are you sure it's set up properly?
I think I might pull the trigger on this. If I drop this in my 3rd PCI-E slot, will it affect the speeds of the other lanes?