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Creative X-Fi 2003?

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First post, by Stojke

Posted on 2015-07-01, 15:52

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I have just bought an used Creative X-Fi sound card - Xtreme Music SB0460.
What is interesting is that the COPYRIGHT text says : Copyright Creative Technology LTD 2003
And from what I know X-Fi was announced and made public in 2005. Any one have any info on this? Or did creative reuse an prototype PCB?

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Reply 1 of 5, by candle_86

Posted on 2015-07-01, 22:48

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Reply 2 of 5, by Stojke

Posted on 2015-07-02, 08:04

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Reply 3 of 5, by obobskivich

Posted on 2015-07-02, 08:54

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Stojke wrote:
Why would they write copyright 2003 if it wasn't engineered in 2003? Every single X Fi card I had was 2005+.

Products are not released the day they first begin design, and copyright/trademark law is screwy - it's not unusual to see copyright or trademark dates that predate the actual release of the product as a result. It's also very unlikely that card is some unicorn engineering sample or whatever - it has FCC/CE stickers. The "(C) 2003" looks to be correct for SB0460 based on results from Bing Images as well.

Reply 4 of 5, by Stojke

Posted on 2015-07-02, 09:01

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Definitely not engineering sample, but interesting that its 2003.

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Reply 5 of 5, by HighTreason

Posted on 2015-07-02, 09:08

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All chips that I can make out are marked 2007 and 2008 (Implying Creative's manufacturing is pretty crappy, nothing we didn't know already, why change the habit of a lifetime?) meaning your particular card was made, at the earliest, somewhere into 2008.

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