MODEL- SB055A VENDOR- CREATIVE LABS
FEATURES- Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Enhance Your Music, Games and Movies With Xtreme Fidelity!
The Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro is the highest-quality, most
feature-complete Sound Blaster ever developed. The "top of the
line" Sound Blaster X-Fi solution, the Elite Pro includes all of
the standard features, application software, power and performance
capabilities of the entire family of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards, in
addition to professional-quality digital-to-analog converters
(DACs) with 116dB SNR, and an external break-out box that provides
comprehensive connectivity for your headphones and all your audio
gear.
Includes Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro PCI Card, X-Fi I/O Console,
Remote Control, 2x Batteries (AA), Rubber Foot (x4), Vertical Stands,
3.50 mm (1/8-inch) to 6.35 mm (1/4-inch) plug adapter, Power Splitter
Cable, Volume Control Cable (9-pin DIN), AD_Link Cable, Quick Start
Leaflet, X-Fi Music Applications CDs (Cubase LE, WaveLab Lite,
Amplitude LE [trial version]), Installation and Applications CD
containing (Drivers for Windows XP, Creative Software Suite, Doom 3
Sound Blaster EAX patch, User's Guide).
* Make the most of your latest recording
This smart sound card gives you a dedicated audio creation mode plus
digital and analog connections for all of your audio gear. You'll get
near transparent sample rate conversion, digital-matched recording, and
ASIO recording with latency as low as one millisecond and zero CPU load
for the most precise audio recording capabilities in any class!
* Powerful gaming performance
Rejuvenate your games with faster, smoother frame rates, intense,
realistic sound effects, and X-RAM that boosts audio quality and
performance even further. The X-Fi audio processing engine boosts real
game performance by more than 15% over ordinary motherboard audio.
* Hear your enemies before they find you
Slip on your headphones or put your multichannel speakers to work for
you with positional audio that's so accurate you can locate enemies by
sound.
* Battle in a realistic 3D soundscape
Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. EAX ADVANCED HD
delivers realistic sound effects that take your gaming experience to the
next level.
* Revitalize your compressed game sounds
X-Fi Crystalizer makes gunshots sound crisp and sharp and explosions
really boom for the most intense gaming experience yet.
* Make MP3s sound better than CDs
X-Fi Crystalizer technology restores the detail and vibrance to your
compressed music and movies. All the highs and lows are intelligently
enhanced so you'll hear everything in crystal clarity.
* Experience cinematic DVD movie sound
Get THX certified surround sound plus PowerDVD software featuring DTS
and Dolby Digital-EX decoding for cinematic DVD movie playback (free
download with purchase).
* Turn stereo music and movies into surround sound
X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into
surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even
headphones. Experience headphone surround sound so good, you'll swear
you're listening to multichannel speakers. Voices are centered in front
of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you.
* Enjoy clearer voice chat
Hear the difference Sound Blaster X-Fi makes to your voice
communications. Whether you're chatting in game or catching up with
distant friends, every voice comes through loud and clear.
* Control it all from your couch
Browse through your music, movies and pictures with the X-Fi wireless
remote and Entertainment Center software.
-- 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
64MB of X-RAM
AUDIO PERFORMANCE- (Rated Output @ 2Vrms)
Signal-to-Noise Ratio (20kHz Low-pass filter, A-Weighted)
- Stereo Output : 116dB
- Front and Rear Channels : 116dB
- Center, Subwoofer and Side Channels: 116dB
Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz (20kHz Low-pass
filter) = 0.0008%.
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/96kHz input ) = <10Hz
to 46kHz.
Frequency Response (-3dB, 24-bit/192kHz input) = <10Hz
to 88kHz (Stereo only).
CONNECTORS - On-Board : Shared Line In/Microphone/Digital Out via 1/8"
mini jack.
Line level out (Front/Rear/Center/Subwoofer/Rear
Center) via 3x 1/8" mini jacks.
Internal line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex
connector.
X-Fi I/O Console connection (26-pin)
I/O Console:
Headphone output with volume control knob
(1/4-inch/6.35 mm stereo jack).
Shared line in/Hi-Z in
(1/4-inch/6.35 mm stereo jack).
Shared line in/Microphone in
(1/4-inch/6.35 mm stereo jack).
Shared Auxiliary line in/Phono in
(stereo RCA jacks).
Connection to Creative analog speaker systems for
volume control (replaces the wired remote
control or audio control pod that comes with
the speakers).
MIDI in and out
(two standard MIDI din connectors).
Optical SPDIF in and out (two TOSlink jacks)
Coaxial SPDIF in and out (two RCA jacks)
Connection to Sound Blaster X-Fi sound card
(26-pin).
REQUIREMENTS - Genuine Intel Pentium III 1 GHz, AMD 1 GHz processor or
faster.
Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
Microsoft Windows Vista (Drivers available at
us.creative.com) or XP (Service Pack 2, x64 or Media
Center Edition).
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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