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Old February 15th, 2006   #1
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Make sure you check out Blake awesome review of Creative's X-Fi Extreme Music Edition.
I have to say that I'm incredibly impressed by his first review effort.



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Thank you! :D

I just wanted to follow up to this review by adding that I tested the benchmarks while in Entertainment Mode as well as in Gaming Mode and saw absolutely no difference in performance or sound. All testing was therefor done in Entertainment Mode.
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Thats an awesome review Blake. Props!!

I wish i could have one. My wallet hates me though. :P




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Thats an awesome review Blake. Props!!
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I wish i could have one. My wallet hates me though. :P
That's ok, I know how ya feel (poor college student). We all go through good times and bad.
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thats a real nice and thorough review. Real nice.



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Terrific review, Blake!

Kudos for being honest about common installation ... uh... "Issues". I hope others considering this card will heed your warnings; It's common to have installation problems with creative sound cards. I'm piping up cuz I experienced those "issues" with a creative Audigy over a year ago and this review opened old wounds. (boo hoo to me, eh?) Figures Creative hasn't made strides in reducing "Support Issues".

If your considering this card, visit creatives forums. It'll be an eye opening experience.

(crap, blake really likes this card and I'm thinkin about updateing. Do I go through that install Hell again? I swore off creative over a year ago. decisions, decisions...)
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Indeed, it's also nice to read an honest review, for better or worse. Nicely done Blake. 8)
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That was one hell of a review. I really want this thing but my have to wait for a few up dates. Hell of a sound board though.
Thanks for an outstanding review.
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wow, blake: that's very impressive to say the least. it is comprehensive and very professional looking :)
I just got back from my NY trip and was really surprisedto see this review. it will definetelly help me in choosing a sound card :)



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Yes, just to let everyone know.... I've gotten a lot of very good feedback on blake's article......he may have screwed himself by setting his standard so high starting off



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