FEATURES- Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio- OEM VAR Pack
       Xtreme Fidelity audio and Headphone surround.
       Turn your PC into your home entertainment center!
       Why settle for basic, built-in sound? Your music and movies deserve 
        Xtreme Fidelity. Add the Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card 
        to your PC and turn your downloaded music into your own personal 
        concert. Plus watch DVDs or downloaded videos with full cinematic 
        surround sound. 
* Revitalize your downloaded music and movies
   Restore the details and vibrance your music and movies lost during 
   compression. X-Fi technology intelligently enhances the highs and lows 
   so you'll hear it all-crisp cymbal crashes, wailing guitar solos, 
   screeching tires and booming explosions. 
* Surround sound from your stereo music and movies? Yes!
   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. 
* Headphone surround that sounds like a room full of speakers
   Slip on your headphones and X-Fi technology moves the sound away from 
   your ears into the space around you. You'll feel like you're sitting in 
   with your favorite band or in the best seat at the movie theater. 
* Enjoy the ultimate PC movie experience 
   Download Cyberlink PowerDVD software with DTS and Dolby Digital-EX 
   decoding for free and get an unbeatable DVD movie watching experience. 
     
  -- SPECIFICATIONs ----------------------------------
INTERFACE    - PCI 32-bit bus-mastering
TECHNICAL    - Playback             : 24-Bit/96kHz 7.1 
               Signal-to-Noise Ratio: >108dB (20kHz Low-pass filter, 
                                         A-Weighted).
               Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise at 1kHz: 0.006% (20kHz 
                                         Low-pass filter).
               Recording            : 24-bit/96kHz 
CONNECTORS   - Speaker and Headphone connections for stereo to 7.1 (Line 
                 Out via three 3.5mm mini jacks).
               Line In/Microphone In/Digital Out/Digital I/O (shared 3.5mm 
                 FlexiJack).
               Auxiliary Line level Input (via 4-pin Molex connector) 
               Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2x5pin) 
REQUIREMENTS - Windows XP (Service Pack 2, x64 Edition or Media Center 
                 Edition).
               Intel Pentium 4 1.6 GHz, AMD Athlon XP 2000+ processor or 
                 equivalent.
               Available PCI 2.1 slot 
               256MB RAM 
               600MB of free hard disk space 
               CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive 
               Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately) 
               Internet connection to download PowerDVD software 

The Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio sound card makes MP3 sound better than CDs with X-Fi technology. It restores details and vibrance your music and movies lost during compression, making them richer and fuller, and expands stereo sound into surround with headphones or speakers.