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Hearing is believing. Redefine your expectations of PC audio.
Creative's Sound Blaster® X-Fi XtremeMusic™ brings the revolutionary new Xtreme Fidelity audio standard to the PC. With 24-bit Crystalizer it restores the sparkle lost during MP3/WMA compression while CMSS 3D Surround upgrades all audio to 24-bit surround sound. Featuring the world's fastest audio processor, it accelerates gaming and also enables CMSS 3D Headphone for incredible surround sound over stereo headphones for compelling LAN gaming, late-night gaming, and movie watching. Bring movies to life with comprehensive soundtrack decoding (DTS-ES, Dolby Digital EX), CMSS up-mix for non-encoded movies plus THX certification. With three selectable, easy-to-use modes (Gaming, Entertainment, Audio Creation) it's the ultimate audio solution for the PC.
- The world's fastest audio processor for ultra-fast gaming, equivalent to a Pentium 4 3.6GHz and 24 times the power of Sound Blaster Audigy.
- CMSS 3D for incredible surround sound over stereo headphones plus stereo-to-surround up-mix for headphones and multi-channel speakers.
- 24-bit Crystalizer makes all audio sound better, including MP3/WMA, streaming audio and video, DIVX and DVD movies.
- Active Modal Architecture with 'Entertainment', 'Gaming' and 'Audio Creation' modes dedicates the processor 100% to the task at hand, with an easy-to-use interface for each mode.
- DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX movie soundtrack decoding.
Technical Specifications
- 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
- 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
- 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192kHz to stereo output
- 16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
- ASIO 2.0 support with direct monitoring at 16 and 24-bit at sample rates of 44.1/48/88.22 and 96kHz
- Enhanced SoundFont support at up to 24-bit resolution
Audio Performance (Rated Output @ 2Vrms, Typical Value)
- Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)
- Stereo Output 109dB
- Front and Rear Channels 109dB
- Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels 109dB
- Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (20kHz Low-pass filter) = 0.004%
- Frequency Response (+/-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input) = <10Hz to 46kHz
- Frequency Response (Stereo only) (+/-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input) = <10Hz to 88kHz
Connectivity
- FlexiJack (Digital In / Digital Out / Line In / Microphone) via 3.50 mm minijack
- Line level out (Front / Rear / Center / Subwoofer / Rear Center) via 3.50 mm minijacks
- AUX_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card
System Requirements
- Genuine Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz, AMD® 1 GHz processor or faster
- Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
- Microsoft® Windows® XP, Vista or 7
- 256MB RAM
- 600MB of free hard disk space
- Available PCI 2.1 slot for the audio card
- CD-ROM/CD-RW or CD/DVD-ROM required for software installation
- Graphics card with DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® compliant 3D graphics accelerator
Package Contents
Sound Blaster X-Fi PCI Card
Please note the software for this product is available for FREE download from here.
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