Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Sound Card

Sound Blaster X-Fi: The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card delivers faster audio performance and intense, realistic sound in all your games. Headphone surround sound is so good, you'll swear you're listening to multichannel speakers and your games will sound richer as you hear all of the crisp, clear highs and bone-crushing lows you've been missing.

Speed: Win big with a powerful audio processing engine that boosts real game performance by up to 15% over motherboard audio and still gives you the fullest audio effects possible.

X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone: This feature creates nine virtual speakers over stereo headphones for positional audio that's so accurate you can actually locate enemies by sound. Multichannel speakers are even better with audio cues that let you hear exactly where they are—even between speakers.

X-Fi Crystalizer: Revitalize your compressed game sounds with the X-Fi Crystalizer. Hear crisp, sharp gunshots and deep, booming explosions for the most intense gaming experience ever. The X-Fi Crystalizer also repairs the damage that MP3 and WMA compression causes and intelligently enhances high and low frequencies for cleaner music playback and more realistic movie sound.

Surround sound: X-Fi CMSS-3D matches the sound to your headphones or multichannel speakers and positions specific audio elements—such as voice in the center and ambient sounds in surrounding channels, so your music and movies sound more alive.

Cinematic movie sound: The Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card delivers THX certified surround sound and includes Cyberlink PowerDVD software with DTS and Dolby Digital-EX decoding via free download for an unbeatable DVD movie watching experience.

Advanced audio and music creation: A dedicated audio creation mode supports near-transparent conversion between any resolutions, digital-matched recording, low-latency ASIO support.

General
Device Type	Sound card - low profile
Enclosure Type	Plug-in card
Interface Type	PCI
Processor / Memory
Signal Processor	Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity
Audio Output
Sound Output Mode	7.1 channel surround
DAC Data Width	24-bit
Sample Rate	8 kHz (min) - 192 kHz (max)
Signal-To-Noise Ratio	109 dB
Response Bandwidth	10 - 88000 Hz
Max Speakers Qty	8
Features	EAX ADVANCED HD, SoundFont Bank technology, THX certified, Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) - 3D, 24-bit Crystalizer, 3D MIDI
Compliant Standards	Digital Theater Systems (DTS), Dolby Digital EX, ASIO 2.0, THX, EAX ADVANCED HD
Audio Modes	Record : 24-bit 96 kHz ¦ Playback : 24-bit 96 kHz 7.1 - 109 dB 10 Hz to 46 kHz ¦ Playback : 24-bit 192 kHz stereo - 109 dB 10 Hz to 88 kHz
Expansion / Connectivity
Interfaces	3 x audio - line-out - mini-phone 3.5 mm ¦ 1 x audio - SPDIF output/line-in/microphone - mini-phone 3.5 mm ¦ 1 x audio - line-in - 4 pin MPC
Compatible Slots	1 x PCI - low-profile
Miscellaneous
Package Type	Retail
Software / System Requirements
Software	Drivers & Utilities, Creative Software Suite
OS Required	Microsoft Windows XP SP2
Peripheral / Interface Devices	CD-ROM, DirectX 9.0 compatible graphics card, OpenGL compatible graphics card
System Requirements Details	Pentium III - 1 GHz - RAM 256 MB - HD 600 MB
Manufacturer Warranty
Service & Support	1 year warranty
Service & Support Details	Limited warranty - 1 year