Creative anunció hoy que ha lanzado su nueva serie de tarjetas de sonido, utiliza como conexión los PCI Express, son dos modelos:
- PCI-E Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional Series
- PCI-E Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series
Algunas de sus caracterisiticas son:
- Creative X-Fi processor specifically designed for high-speed PCI Express slots in modern PCs
- X-Fi Crystalizer® technology, which leverages audio algorithms to intelligently and selectively determine how to restore the highs and lows from sound effects, instruments and vocals and voices that were damaged or diminished during the MP3, AAC, game audio or other compression processes
- X-Fi CMSS®-3D technology, to create virtual surround sound through speakers or headphones in games or music. In games, you hear your opponents in their exact location. With music, the sound expands so it completely surrounds you.
- Dolby Digital support for compelling 5.1 surround sound through a home theater system
- Creative ALchemy™ to restore EAX® and surround sound in DirectSound game titles running under Vista
- Certified UAA compliance for maximum Windows Vista compatibility
- X-RAM dedicated audio memory to boost performance in select games
- THX Certified surround sound for cinematic movie audio playback
- PowerDVD software with DTS-ES and Dolby Digital-EX decoding
- 24-bit audio quality and 109db SNR audio clarity
- ASIO recording support with latency as low as one millisecond with minimal CPU load
Los modelos Fatal1ty, vienen con soporte para Dolby Digital, también se pueden conectar a los "Home Threater". Incorporan el EAX 5.0. El precio esperado hasta ahora son unos $200 dólares para la serie Professional y unos $150 dólares para la serie Champion.
Fuente: VR-Zone