General Specifications

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer

previous page next page

General Specifications

This section displays the specifications of your Sound Blaster X-Fi audio card, Digital I/O Module*, X-Fi I/O Drive* and X-Fi I/O Console*.

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
  • All new 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/44.1kHz, 16-bit/48kHz, 24-bit/44.1kHz 24-bit/48kHz and 24-bit/96kHz
  • 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 DRM (Digital Rights Management) technology
  • ASIO 2.0 with direct monitoring
  • Accelerated ASIO for ultra low latency
  • Enhanced SoundFont support of up to 24-bit resolution
    • X-RAM
    • 64 MB of dedicated X-RAM for processing a game's audio that supports this feature (available only with some models of your audio device)
    Flexible Mixer Control
    • Selectable input source or mixing of various audio sources for recording
  • Adjustable master volume control
  • Separate bass and treble control
  • Front and rear balance control
  • Muting, soloing and panning control for mixer sources
    • Mode Selector Control
    Creative MultiSpeaker Surround (CMSS)
    • X-Fi CMSS-3D Surround: Upmixes mono or stereo sources to 4, 5.1 or 7.1 channels
  • X-Fi CMSS-3D Headphone: Provides a multichannel playback experience over headphones for all types of content
  • X-Fi CMSS-3D Virtual: Provides a multichannel playback experience over two loudspeakers for all types of content
    • Notes
    • *Available with some models of your audio device, or as an upgrade accessory in some regions.
    previous page start next page