Same cards, but definitely a snazzy design.

Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series

Priced at S$219.00, the PCI Express Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series features Dolby Digital encoding, for single-cable connection to home theater systems. The card leverages the power of the X-Fi processor optimized for PCI Express to deliver accelerated audio for improved game performance, with EAX 5.0 effects and 3D positional audio. The Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series also improves voice chat clarity in online games.

Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series

Priced at S$299.00, the new PCI Express Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series sound card includes all of the features of the PCI Express Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series, plus an internal I/O drive for quick front panel connection to headphones and headsets. This internal I/O drive design offers the choice of placement in either a 3.5" or 5.25" drive bay. The 3.5" drive features mic-in and headphone-out connections. This drive slides inside the 5.25" drive, which adds RCA line-in connections.

The novelties also feature:

• Creative X-Fi processor specifically designed for high-speed PCI Express slots in modern PCs.
• X-Fi Crystalizer technology.
• X-Fi CMSS-3D technology, to create virtual surround sound through speakers or headphones in games or music.
• Dolby Digital support for compelling 5.1 surround sound through a home theater system.
• Creative ALchemy to restore EAX and surround sound in DirectSound game titles running under Vista.
• Certified UAA compliance for maximum Windows Vista compatibility.
• X-RAM dedicated audio memory to boost performance in select games.
• THX Certified surround sound for cinematic movie audio playback.
• PowerDVD software with DTS-ES and Dolby Digital-EX decoding.
• 24-bit audio quality and 109db SNR audio clarity.
• ASIO recording support with latency as low as one millisecond with minimal CPU load.

The PCI Express Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series sound card will be available in Singapore late in June for SG$219. The PCI Express Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series sound card will be available late in July 2008 for SG$299.