Feature
Specification
Audio Inputs
- One analog input jack on bracket (selectable from line-level analog line input or mono microphone analog input)
- Digital In jack on bracket (sharing with the Line In/Microphone In jack)
- AUX_IN line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector on card
Audio Outputs
- Three line-level analog outputs jacks on bracket: Front Left, Front Right, Rear Left, Rear Right, Side Right, Center, Subwoofer and Side Left channels
- Stereo headphone (32-ohm load) support on Line Out 1 jack on bracket
- Digital Out jack on bracket (sharing with the Line In/Microphone In jack)
PCI Bus Mastering
- PCI Specification up to Version 2.3 compliant
- Bus mastering reduces latency and speeds up system performance
Sound Blaster X-Fi Audio Processor
- Advanced hardware accelerated digital effects processing
- Dedicated DSP capable of both time and frequency domain audio processing
- 128 3D voices with advanced 3D positional audio rendering algorithms
- Professional quality digital mixing and equalization maintaining 24-bit accuracy
- User-selectable Master Sampling Rate for bit-matched professional audio applications
- Ultra-high quality sample rate conversion for gaming and professional audio applications
Professional Digital Audio Processing
- 24-bit Analog-to-Digital conversion of analog inputs at 96 KHz sample rate
- 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of digital sources at 96 KHz to analog 7.1 speaker output
- 24-bit Digital-to-Analog conversion of stereo digital sources at 192 KHz to stereo output
- 16-bit to 24-bit recording sampling rates: 8, 11.025, 16, 22.05, 24, 32, 44.1, 48 and 96 KHz
- ASIO 2.0 support at 16-bit/44.1 KHz, 16-bit/48 KHz, 24-bit/44.1 KHz 24-bit/48 KHz and 24-bit/96 KHz
- Supports Sony/Philips Digital Interface (SPDIF) format of up to 24-bit/96 KHz quality
- SPDIF output at selectable sampling rate of 44.1, 48 or 96 KHz
- SPDIF output not available during playback of protected digital audio content authored with Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology
- ASIO 2.0 with direct monitoring
- Accelerated ASIO for ultra low latency
- Enhanced SoundFont support of up to 24-bit resolution
THX Certification
Sound Blaster X-Fi has received the THX Multimedia Certification award
Dolby Digital and Digital Surround EX Decoding
- Decodes Dolby Digital Surround EX to 7.1 or 6.1 channels, or will pass through a compressed SPDIF bitstream (at 48 KHz) to an external decoder
- Bass redirection: enhances bass output to subwoofer for small satellite speaker systems
- Crossover bass frequency (10-200 Hz): adjustable to standalone subwoofer units for desired bass level
- Adjustable Center, Rear Center, and LFE level control
DTS-ES
- Support DTS decoding for 5.1 audio, or will pass through a compressed SPDIF bitstream (at 48 KHz) to an external decoder
- Support DTS-CD playback and decoding for 5.1 audio
- Support DTS-ES for 7.1/6.1 audio
- DTS-ES Matrix 6.1 for decoding 5.1-channel soundtracks with a back surround channel matrix encoded into the left and right surround channel
- DTS-ES Discrete 6.1 for 6.1 soundtracks mastered with a discrete back surround channel
- Support DTS Neo:6 for upmixing two-channel matrix-encoded sources