The powerful audio processing engine of the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatality Champion Series PCI Sound Card boosts real game performance by more than 15% over ordinary motherboard audio. The additional X-RAM frees up system memory and improves audio quality and performance. Use headphones or multichannel speakers to accurate locate your enemies by sound. Take your games to the next level with EAX Advanced HD sound effects.Restore the detail and vibrance to your music and movies with X-Fi Crystalizer technology. Voices are centered and ambient sounds are moved all around you. On-board connectivity - Shared line in, microphone, digital out via 1/8-inch mini jack, line level out (Front/Rear/Center/Subwoofer/Rear Center) via 3x 1/8-inch mini jacks, internal line-level analog input via 4-pin Molex connector, X-Fi I/O Console upgrade connection System Requirements - Microsoft Windows Vista or Windows XP Service Pack 2, x64 or Media Center Edition, 1 GHz Intel Pentium III, AMD or equivalent processor, 256MB RAM, 600MB of free hard disk space, Available PCI 2.1 Slot

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