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ELEKTRIK_BLUEÂ

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KyadCKÂ

"Gaming" headphones are not the best. Few ever pass 20-20k, etc.
"Gaming" keyboards are not the best. Most are still rubberdome.
Things like the X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty is just a massive price hike, being the same thing as the X-Fi Titanium. It's also not the best card, even looking at only Creative cards.
However, due to marketing, shiny boxes, and store salesmen pushing for them, the misinformed may very well think that they are the best of the best.
i can vouch for this, i got a creative x-fi titanium and thought it was awesome up until i realized just how crappy it really is. yeah it sounds decent in analog but its fiber optic or toslink connection was complete garbage. the drivers were trash and i couldnt get the dang thing to work using Dolby pro logic IIx. my pc would lock up and crash with any sound that was played and it would screw up my media player wicked bad. now im looking for a new soundcard and selling this one.
secondly i found a pair of creative fatality mkII gaming headphones on sale so i picked them up 3 weeks later they were dead as a door nail and the sound wasnt all that great my skullcandys sounded better. now im using a super comfy set of Hercules dj style headphones (dont remember the model number) there good for the price i paid.
my current keyboard is a logitech g110 i believe its rubber dome. its not the best but it works and it suits my needs and at the time was the only backlit keyboard in stock at frys for under 80
I managed to get my Titanium for just $40 (at bestbuy of all places), so it was reasonable.
I really do not understand all the driver complaints though. It's not the best card, but I get the drivers and DTS pack installed, opened the creative console, and set it to DTS. Boom, it works. Not to mention they've had Win8 drivers since
June . Plus, Creative's Crystalizer effect in addition to my amp's "Music Enhancer" effect is seriously cool. (Crystalizer focuses treble and voice, while ME 2CH deepens bass and clarifies mid-range, the combination is awesome)