Turbo charge your gaming experience with Xtreme Fidelity audio!

The Sound Blaster^® X-Fi™ XtremeGamer sound card delivers faster audio performance and intense, realistic sound in all your games. Headphone surround sound is better too - so good, you'll swear you're listening to multichannel speakers - and your games will sound richer as you hear all of the crisp, clear highs and bone-crushing lows you've been missing. It's Sound Blaster...on steroids!

XTREME FIDELITY GAMING

Get the speed you need when every second counts

Win big with a powerful, completely new audio processing engine that boosts real game performance by up to 15% over motherboard audio and still gives you the fullest audio effects possible!

Hear your enemies before they find you X-Fi CMSS®-3D Headphone creates nine virtual speakers over stereo headphones for positional audio that's so accurate you can actually locate enemies by sound. Multichannel speakers are even better with audio cues that let you hear exactly where they are - even between speakers.

	Immerse yourself in a new dimension of sound Bullets whiz past your head. Explosions shake the room. Take reality to the next level with EAX® ADVANCED HD™1 sound effects in games.
	Get lost in the details Revitalize your compressed game sounds with X-Fi Crystalizer™ and hear crisp, sharp gunshots and deep, booming explosions for the most intense gaming experience ever.

XTREME FIDELITY ENTERTAINMENT

	Restore the details and vibrance to your music and movies 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.
	X-Fi CMSS-3D technology expands your stereo MP3s and digital movies into surround sound over multichannel speakers, stereo speakers or even headphones. Voices are centered in front of you and ambient sounds are moved all around you.
	Cinematic surround sound from DVD movies Enjoy cinematic DVD movie experiences with PowerDVD software featuring DTS-ES® and Dolby Digital® EX decoding. (Requires download via Internet connection).

XTREME FIDELITY AUDIO CREATION

Get the most advanced features and effects for music and audio creation available in a consumer solution.

• Near transparent conversion to and from any resolution
• Digital-matched recording capabilities in resolutions from 44.1kHz to 96kHz
• ASIO support with as low as one millisecond latency
• Up to eight different hardware effects
• 24-bit SoundFont^® sampling, and 3D MIDI

¹ Supported in Windows Vista™ via OpenAL / Creative ALchemy.