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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD Review

Audio/Others by stefan @ 2010-12-03

Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium HD is the latest sound card from Creative, aimed at both gamers and audiophiles, thanks to the included high quality components. For the first time, Creative offers us the possibility to swap the OPamps, to fine-tune even more the sound quality.

RMAA Tests

Test computer:

CPU: Intel I7 Retail @ stock

Motherboard: Foxconn BloodRage with G42 BIOS

RAM: 3x2GB Patriot PVT36G1600LLK 1600MHz

Video: Sparkle GTX 470 with stock and OMNI A.L.C.

Power Supply: Nexus RX-8500 850W modular

HDD: Seagate Barracuda 500GB 7200.11

Case: Thermaltake Armor+ LCS, stock cooling

The RMAA tests were done by following the instructions from Creative located here.

The loopback was realised between the Headphone Out and the RCA Line-in when testing the X-Fi Titanium HD; the cable used was the one that came with the card. The X-Fi Titanium HD was compared to the X-Fi Sonar, an addon sound card that was bundled with a Foxconn BloodRage motherboard.

For testing the X-Fi Sonar, the Headphone Out of the Sonar was linked to the RCA Line-in of the X-Fi Titanium HD.

Remember! These results are not to be taken as reference because each computer system configuration can produce different noise levels, so you may obtain lower or higher performance results than the ones listed here.

16-bit, 44kHz

X-Fi Titanium HD

X-Fi SONAR

16-bit, 48kHz

X-Fi Titanium

X-Fi SONAR

24-bit, 48kHz

X-Fi Titanium HD

X-Fi SONAR

24-bit, 96kHz

X-Fi Titanium HD

X-Fi SONAR

Comment from jmke @ 2010/12/03

Seems like I'll be holding on to my Audigy 2 ZS Pro for a little longer

Quote:

we can conclude that it is not possible to connect analog surround speakers directly to the sound card; f

I have this speaker set: http://ixbtlabs.com/articles2/creative-thx-550/ which still does all it needs to excellently;

Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2010/12/03

Well, I am doing most of the listening on my headphones

Comment from jmke @ 2010/12/03

see the volume controler, there's a headphone jack at the front, comes in very handy when it's dark outside and it needs to be quiet in the house

but during day I can wreck havoc with 5.1 surround and big base

Comment from Stefan Mileschin @ 2010/12/03

Would have liked to do that too, but in my apartment you can hear very well from one room to another, even at low sound levels

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