Creative Technology Creative Sound Blaster X­Fi Surround 5.1 ­ Sound card ­ 24­bit ­ 96 kHz ­ 100 dB SNR ­ 5.1 ­ Hi­Speed USB ­ Creative X­Fi Xtreme Fidelity Why settle for basic, built­in sound? Your music and movies deserve Xtreme Fidelity. Simply connect the Sound Blaster X­Fi Surround 5.1 sound card to your PC or notebook and turn your downloaded music into your own personal concert. Watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic surround sound. Plus experience 3D audio and EAX effects in your games.Restore the details and vibrancy your music and movies lost during compression. X­Fi technology intelligently enhances the highs and lows so you'll hear it all ­ crisp cymbal crashes, wailing guitar solos, screeching tires and booming explosions.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.Slip on your headphones and X­Fi CMSS­3D technology moves the sound away from your ears and into the space around you. You'll feel like you're sitting with your favorite band or in the best seat in the movie theater. Games sound better too with positional audio that's so accurate you can locate enemies by sound. Product Description Device Type Creative Sound Blaster X­Fi Surround 5.1 ­ sound card Sound card Interface Type External Signal Processor Creative X­Fi Xtreme Fidelity Enclosure Type DAC Data Width Sample Rate Hi­Speed USB Sound Output Mode 5.1 channel surround 24­bit Max Speakers Qty 100 dB 6 Microsoft Certification System Requirements Compatible with Windows 7 96 kHz (max) Signal­To­Noise Ratio Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista Extended Specs General Device Type Sound card Interface Type External Enclosure Type Hi­Speed USB Processor / Memory Signal Processor Creative X­Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Output Sound Output Mode DAC Data Width Sample Rate 5.1 channel surround 24­bit 96 kHz (max) Signal­To­Noise Ratio Max Speakers Qty Features 6 Remote control, volume control, EAX ADVANCED HD, SoundFont Bank technology, USB 2.0 compatibility, Creative Multi Speaker Surround (CMSS) ­ 3D, 24­bit Crystalizer, X­Fi Crystalizer technology Compliant Standards Audio Modes 100 dB Digital Theater Systems (DTS), Dolby Digital EX, EAX 4.0, OpenAL, EAX ADVANCED HD Playback : 24­bit 96 kHz 5.1 Record : 24­bit 96 kHz Expansion / Connectivity 1 x audio ­ line­in/microphone ­ mini­phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio ­ line­out/headphones ­ mini­phone stereo 3.5 mm Interfaces 1 x audio ­ line­out ­ RCA x 2 1 x audio ­ line­out (centre/subwoofer) ­ mini­phone stereo 3.5 mm 1 x audio ­ SPDIF output ­ TOSLINK 1 x audio ­ line­out (rear) ­ mini­phone stereo 3.5 mm Miscellaneous Included Accessories Cables Included Remote control Compatible with Windows 7 1 x USB cable 1 x audio cable "Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft’s assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32­bit and 64­bit Windows 7. Software / System Requirements Software OS Required Creative Wavestudio, Creative MediaSource, Creative Audio Console, Creative Entertainment Mode System Requirements Details Peripheral / Interface Devices Microsoft Windows XP SP2, Microsoft Windows Vista CD­ROM, speakers Windows XP SP2 ­ Pentium 4 ­ 1.6 GHz ­ RAM 512 MB ­ HD 600 MB Windows Vista ­ Core 2 Duo ­ 2 GHz ­ RAM 1 GB ­ HD 600 MB * Computer 2000 is not responsible for any errors in the documentation of products