Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio PCI Express

MSRP: $69.99

Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Add the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card to your PC and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Plus watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound.

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	Revitalize your downloaded music and movies Restore the details and vibrance your music and movies lost during compression. X-Fi technology intelligently enhances the highs and lows so you'll hear it all-crisp cymbal crashes, wailing guitar solos, screeching tires and booming explosions.
	Surround sound from your stereo music and movies? Yes! Expand your stereo music and movies into surround sound. Voices are centered in front of you. Ambient sound appears all around you... just like a live performance. Listen on a pair of desktop speakers or a full 5.1 speaker system.

Headphone surround that sounds like a room full of speakers
Slip on your headphones and X-Fi technology moves the sound away from your ears into the space around you. You'll feel like you're sitting in with your favorite band or in the best seat at the movie theater.

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Technical Specifications

			Playback: 24-Bit/96kHz 7.1
			Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >108dB (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)
			Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz: 0.006% (20kHz Low-pass filter)
			Recording: 24-bit/96kHz

Connectivity

			Speaker and Headphone connections for stereo to 7.1 (Line Out via three 3.5mm mini jacks)
			Line In / Microphone In / Digital Out* / Digital I/O** (shared 3.5mm FlexiJack)
			Auxiliary Line level Input (via 4-pin Molex connector)
			Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2x5pin)

* Digital Out supports stereo SPDIF out and pass through of multichannel DVD sound
** Digital I/O requires Sound Blaster Digital I/O Module (sold separately)

Microsoft Windows Vista™ (Drivers available at us.creative.com) or Microsoft Windows XP (Service Pack 2, x64 Edition or Media Center Edition)
Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor or equivalent
Available PCI 2.1 slot
256MB RAM
600MB of free hard disk space
CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
Internet connection to download PowerDVD software