Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

Creative Creativve SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer PCI soundcard

Accept no compromise, upgrade to X-Fi today! Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer delivers award-winning X-Fi technology for faster, more immersive gaming. X-Fi, the world's most powerful audio processor, provides ultra-realistic X-Fi CMSS-3D surround sound over normal headphones and accelerates Direct X, OpenAL and EAX 5.0 for faster frame rates and cinematic sound. X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer restores sparkle to low quality audio, upgrading Games, MP3, DIVX and TV audio to 24-bit. The low-profile design makes it ideal for Media Center PCs. It has an optical digital out for connecting to home cinema systems, while THX certification and Dolby and DTS decoding guarantee excellent results in movies.
  
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Features

X-Fi CMSS-3D Surround up-mixes audio and video to 5.1 or 7.1 surround

X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone delivers incredible surround sound over stereo headphones for gaming, movies and music

Low-profile PCI format with Intel HD compatible front panel connector and digital out is ideal for both standard and small form factor PCs

X-Fi, the world's most powerful audio processor, delivers faster frame rates in games with hardware accelerated Direct X, OpenAL and EAX 5.0

X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer makes all audio sound better, enhancing games, MP3/WMA, streaming audio and video, TV and radio, DivX and DVD movies

X-Fi Active Modal Architecture with 'Entertainment', 'Gaming' and 'Audio Creation' modes dedicates the processor to the task at hand, with an easy-to-use interface for each mode

  

Specification

General
Warranty 2 Year Limited Hardware Warranty
Audio
Analogue to Digital Conversion 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96kHz sample rate
Digital to Analogue Conversion 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96kHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
Sampling Rates 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96kHz
Audio Data Width 24-bit
Interfaces/Ports
S/PDIF Port S/PDIF Output
Audio Line In Ports 1
Audio Line Out Ports 3 x 3.5mm Mini-Jacks
Microphone In Port 1
Headphone Ports 1
Auxiliary Ports 1 x Aux In
System Requirements
Operating Systems Supported Microsoft Windows XP (SP2)
System Requirements Genuine Intel Pentium III 1 GHz, AMD 1 GHz processor or faster Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset 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 Internet connection is required to obtain free PowerDVD players with Dolby Digital and DTS decoding