Description
The Sound Blaster Z, part of the ultra high-performance Z-series of Sound Blaster PCI Express sound cards, is an ideal all-round solution for your PC gaming and entertainment needs. It comes complete with the sound blaster Beam forming microphone for crystal clear voice communication.
Features
- 116dB Signal-To-Noise Ratio.
- SBX Pro Studio™ technologies.
- Crystal clear communication.
- Advanced home entertainment audio.
- Sound Core3D audio processor.
An ideal all-around audio and gaming solution.
The Sound Blaster Z, part of the ultra high-performance Z-Series of Sound Blaster® PCI Express sound cards, is an ideal all-round solution for your PC gaming and entertainment needs.
116dB Signal-To-Noise Ratio
A signal to noise ratio or SNR of 116dB means your audio will be > 99.99% pure audio which is 34.4 times better than motherboard audio.
SBX Pro Studio™ technologies
Experience awe-inspiring audio with the SBX Pro Studio suite of technologies that immerses you in your games and movies with amazing detail and a 360-degree true-to-life sound stage.
Crystal clear communication
In gaming, if you're not communicating, you're not winning. Experience crystal clear commmunication with your teammates with the CrystalVoice™ suite of technologies that removes echoes, ambient noises and picks up your voice from within a zone (CrystalVoice Focus). It also maintains your voice level even if you move near or further away from the microphone.
Sound Core3D audio processor
The quad-core Sound Core3D™ audio processor was designed to offload SBX Pro Studio and CrystalVoice effects processing from your primary CPU, improving your overall PC performance, resulting in drastically superior audio and voice quality.
Advanced home entertainment audio
Experience like never before the power of Sound Blaster audio with your home entertainment today! With Sound Blaster Z's gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology and digital content encoding capability, you can be assured of only the best digital audio possible.
High fidelity surround sound
Connect to your home theatre system through a single digital cable and enjoy cinematic DVD movies by transforming any stereo or multi-channel streams into high fidelity immersive surround sound.
Never unplug your headphones again
With the Sound Blaster Z-series Control Panel, just toggle between your headphone and speaker system with a flip of a switch.
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116 dB signal-to-noise ratio
A signal to noise ratio or SNR of 116 dB means your audio will be > 99.99% pure audio which is 34.4 times better than motherboard audio. -
SBX Pro Studio technologies
You can experience awe-inspiring audio with the SBX Pro Studio suite of technologies that immerses you in your games and movies with amazing detail and a 360-degree true-to-life sound stage. -
Crystal clear communication
In gaming, if you're not communicating, you're not winning. You can experience crystal clear commmunication with your teammates with the CrystalVoice suite of technologies that removes echoes, ambient noises and picks up your voice from within a zone (CrystalVoice Focus). -
Sound Core3D audio processor
The quad-core Sound Core3D audio processor was designed to offload SBX Pro Studio and CrystalVoice effects processing from your primary CPU, improving your overall PC performance, resulting in drastically superior audio and voice quality. -
Advanced home entertainment audio
Experience like never before the power of Sound Blaster audio with your home entertainment today! With Sound Blaster Z's gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology and digital content encoding capability, you can be assured of only the best digital audio possible. -
High fidelity surround sound
Connect to your home theater system through a single digital cable and enjoy cinematic DVD movies by transforming any stereo or multi-channel streams into high fidelity immersive surround sound.
Specifications
Summary
- Product Description
- Creative Sound Blaster Z - sound card
- Device Type
- Sound card
- Enclosure Type
- Internal
- Interface Type
- PCI Express
- Sound Output Mode
- 5.1 channel surround
- DAC Resolution
- 24-bit
- Sample Rate
- 192 kHz (max)
- Signal-To-Noise Ratio
- 116 dB
- Microsoft Certification
- Compatible with Windows 7
- Package Type
- Bulk
- System Requirements
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32/64 bits), Windows 8 (32/64 bits)
Detailed Specification
General
- Device Type
- Sound card
- Form Factor
- Internal
- Interface Type
- PCI Express
Audio Output
- Sound Output Mode
- 5.1 channel surround
- DAC Resolution
- 24-bit
- Sample Rate
- 192 kHz (max)
- Signal-To-Noise Ratio
- 116 dB
- Frequency Response
- 10 - 45000 Hz
- Compliant Standards
- Dolby Digital Live
- Audio Modes
- Playback: 24-bit 192 kHz
Expansion / Connectivity
- Interfaces
- 1 x audio line-in/microphone - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1 x headphones - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm , 1 x SPDIF input - TOSLINK , 1 x SPDIF output - TOSLINK , 3 x audio line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
Miscellaneous
- Compatible with Windows 7
- "Compatible with Windows 7" software and devices carry Microsoft’s assurance that these products have passed tests for compatibility and reliability with 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 7.
- Package Type
- Bulk
Software / System Requirements
- Software
- Drivers & Utilities, Creative Diagnostics, Creative ALchemy, Dolby Digital Live! realtime encoding
- OS Required
- Microsoft Windows 7 (32/64 bits), Windows 8 (32/64 bits)
- System Requirements Details
- 2.2 GHz - RAM 1 GB - HD 600 MB
