Creative X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook review

Get desktop-quality sound on your laptop

Our Score 4.5

Last reviewed: 2007-11-15November 15th 2007

Sound cards Review

Product Type	Sound Board
Product Family	X-Fi
Channel Supported	7.1
Brand Name	Creative
Form Factor	External - ExpressCard/54
DAC Data Width	24 bit
Sampling Rate	96 kHz, 24 bit 96 kHz Stereo/Surround - Playback, 24 bit 96 kHz Recording
Host Interface	PCI Express x1
Manufacturer	Creative Technology, Ltd
Product Model	Xtreme Audio
Product Name	Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook Sound Card
Product Line	X-Fi
Audio Processor	Creative X-Fi
Manufacturer Part Number	70SB071000004
Manufacturer Website Address	uk.europe.creative.com
Marketing Information	Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook brings your MP3 music and movies to life! Compatible with the new ExpressCard format it is a great choice for the latest notebooks. It features award-winning X-Fi technologies including X-Fi Crystalizer, which restores the details and vibrance lost during compression to MP3 and DivX, breathing life back into any audio, and X-Fi CMSS-3D, which expands stereo music and movie sound tracks into amazing surround, even over headphones. Experience your notebook audio like never before when combined with PowerDVD for Dolby and DTS movies, or with EAX and OpenAL in games. This ExpressCard upgrade also features analogue and digital connectivity plus the option to upgrade to 5.1/7.1 surround via the optional docking module.
Interfaces/Ports	1 x Audio Line Out - (Headphone/Optical Out), 1 x Audio Line In - (Microphone In/Optical In), 1 x - (Speaker Docking Module connector)
Package Contents	Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook Sound Card Carrying Case Earphones QuickStart Installation CD
Sound Channels	7.1
Standard Warranty	2 Year Limited