MODEL- SB0730VP           VENDOR- CREATIVE LABS
    
FEATURES- Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic- VAR Pack, Non-retail carton
       Enhance Your Music, Games and Movies With Xtreme Fidelity! 
       The Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic sound card harnesses the full 
        power of the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor to 
        Upgrade any existing library of MP3 or any music files to the 
        Xtreme Fidelity audio standard. With the X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity 
        24-bit Crystalizer, MP3 music and movies are converted to Xtreme 
        Fidelity, which delivers an experience beyond the original CD or 
        DVD recordings. With the included Creative MediaSource 3 software 
        suite, users can easily SuperRip all their digital music 
        permanently to Xtreme Fidelity. In addition, MediaSource 3 also 
        allows users to further enhance their music content with single-
        click access to rich features like X-Fi CMSS-3D, Smart Cross-Fade 
        and Smart Volume Management. The Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic 
        sound card plays back audio with rich 109dB SNR quality. 
       Harness the full power of Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic by 
        selecting one of its 3 usage modes:
          - Entertainment Mode 
          - Gaming Mode 
          - Audio Creation Mode
    Includes Sound Blaster X-Fi PCI Card; Quick Start Leaflet; Installation 
       and Applications CD containing: Drivers for Windows XP, Creative 
       Software Suite, Doom 3 Sound Blaster EAX patch, User Guide.
* ENTERTAINMENT MODE For Xtreme Fidelity Music and Movies
   - X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer enhances MP3s and movies to sound better than 
     they do on their original CD or DVD. 
     Utilizing the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor your music 
     and movie audio is sent through a two-step quality enhancement 
     process. First the processor converts the audio into 24-bit/96kHz 
     quality using its virtually transparent SRC (Sample Rate Converter) 
     engine. Then it remasters and selectively enhances the audio by 
     analyzing and identifying which parts of the audio stream have been 
     restricted/damaged during the compression stages to 16-bit and then to 
     MP3. 
     Music Benefits: Low and high frequencies are enhanced while the 
     dynamics are improved. Overall your music will sound cleaner, smoother 
     and will sparkle!
     Movie Benefits: Explosions, gun-shots and high-impact audio sequences 
     sound more realistic than ever before!
   - X-Fi CMSS-3D allows you to Upgrade your MP3 music and movies into 
     surround sound with headphones or multichannel speakers. 
     Enjoy your stereo MP3s and movies in surround sound with X-Fi CMSS-3D 
     technology. Instead of performing a basic upmixing of stereo content, 
     the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor intelligently 
     remixes the audio into surround sound to match the speaker system you 
     have (including headphones). It also uses advanced techniques to 
     extract specific audio elements, like voice to the center channel and 
     ambience to the surrounding channels, so your music and movies sound 
     more alive than ever before! 
     Music Benefits: Convert static stereo music into amazing surround 
     sound with multichannel speakers, plus enjoy the same surround sound 
     experience with headphones! 
     Movie Benefits: When watching stereo or multichannel movies with 
     headphones or speakers, X-Fi CMSS-3D allows you to enjoy incredible 
     surround sound that will amaze you.
   - SuperRip allows you to rip your CDs into Xtreme Fidelity quality. 
     The X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer and X-Fi CMSS-3D features allow you to 
     "SuperRip" CDs into Xtreme Fidelity quality so you can now enjoy 
     permanently enhanced music instead of low-quality MP3 files!
   - Enjoy the latest cinematic technologies for the ultimate PC movie 
     experience! 
     Experience incredible audio with THX certified quality and unbeatable 
     movie sound with DTS-ES and Dolby Digital EX decoding! 
* GAMING MODE For Ultimate Gaming Performance and Maximum Realism
   - Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic delivers the fastest gaming performance 
     ever! 
     A completely re-engineered game audio processing engine utilizing the 
     Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor allows Sound Blaster
     X-Fi XtremeMusic to deliver the fastest gaming performance ever seen, 
     providing more than a 15% performance boost over motherboard audio 
     solutions while simultaneously delivering full audio effects!
   - X-Fi CMSS-3D delivers an amazingly realistic surround sound experience 
     with headphones.
     Know exactly where your enemies are whether you are using headphones 
     or speakers. You will not believe how good X-Fi CMSS-3D positional 
     gaming audio is; in fact, it is so good you will forget you are 
     wearing headphones!
   - EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 delivers incredibly realistic gaming audio! 
     Features like 128 voice support, EAX MacroFX, EAX PurePath and 
     Environment FlexiFX set a new standard for EAX and realism available 
     in gaming audio.
   - X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer automatically Upgrades existing games into 
     Xtreme Fidelity.
     Experience gaming audio that sounds more dynamic and realistic than 
     you could ever imagine!
* AUDIO CREATION MODE For Pristine Audio Recording Quality
   - Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic offers high quality, feature-rich 
     recording. 
     Utilizing the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor, you will
     get the most advanced features and effects of any audio processor for 
     music and audio creation currently available, delivering pristine 
     audio playback quality. The Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio 
     processor features a near transparent SRC engine that converts to and 
     from any resolution at 136dB THD+N, and also provides digital-matched 
     recording capabilities in resolutions from 44.1kHz to 96kHz. 
     You will also get support for ASIO recordings with latency as low as 
     one millisecond, up to eight different hardware effects, 24-bit 
     SoundFont sampling, and 3DMIDI for amazing flexibility and recording 
     results.
     
  -- SPECIFICATIONs ----------------------------------
INTERFACE - PCI 32-bit bus-mastering
TECHNICAL    - 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 at 16-bit/44.1kHz, 16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/
                 44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz with direct 
                 monitoring.
               Enhanced SoundFont support at up to 24-bit resolution
AUDIO PERFORMANCE- (Rated Output @ 2Vrms)
               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 (-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input) = <10Hz 
                 to 88kHz (Stereo only).
CONNECTORS   - FlexiJack (Performing a 3-in-1 function, Digital In/Line In/
                 Microphone) via 3.5 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.
               One AD_Link (26 pin) connector for linking to the X-Fi I/O 
                 Console (Upgrade option).
SOFTWARE     - Includes Creative Entertainment Center
                   "    Creative MediaSource 3
REQUIREMENTS - Genuine Intel Pentium III 1 GHz, AMD 1 GHz processor or 
                 faster.
               Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset 
               Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) 
               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.
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