AuzenTech
X-Fi Forte 7.1 Low Profile Sound Card
- SKU: MX22953
- ILC: 859702001354
- Part #: AZT-FORTE
- Calgary NE: Out of Stock
- Calgary NW: 3
- Calgary SE: 3
Product Info
The Auzen X-Fi™ Forte 7.1 is Auzentech's first Low Profile native PCI Express® audio card designed especially for gamers and audiophiles. Compared to the X-Fi™ chipset reference design, the X-Fi™ Forte improves the circuitry and upgrades the components. You can now listen to your Hi-Fi Headphone and use your professional Mic on your desktop PC, as well as enjoying audiophile-quality audio, thanks to the X-Fi™ Forte integrated Headphone Amplifier and Microphone Pre-Amplifier. Auzentech created the X-Fi™ Forte for customers who asked for a "high-end, low profile" sound card that would thrill music-, movie-, and gaming-enthusiasts alike.
Features
PCI Express: PCI Express™ (PCIe) is a serial bus standard that provides a higher throughput than the older, parallel PCI bus standard. Unlike PCI Express™ sound cards built with PCI processors adapted for the PCIe slot, the X-Fi™ Forte is built around Creative Labs' PCI Express™ processor. As a native-PCI Express™ sound card, the X-Fi™ Forte can take full advantage of the higher-throughput of the PCIe bus.
Sound: With a D/A converter of 120dB level, high end audio components, and an analog design tuned for peak performance, the X-Fi™ Forte is designed to provide the best audio possible for Music, Games and Movies. End-users can further tune the audio via the replaceable OPAMP for the front audio (L/R).
Headphone & Microphone Amplifiers: X-Fi Forte includes an Integrated Headphone Amplifier and Microphone Pre-Amplifier. You can now listen to your Hi-Fi Headphone and use your professional Mic on your desktop PC, as well as enjoying audiophile-quality audio.
Performance: By using the latest Creative native PCI express chipset, the Auzentech X-Fi™ Forte provides high performance audio processing on-board while freeing system resources for other tasks. With 64MB X-Ram, it processes complicated 3D sound effects with ease.
Security: The PCI-Express independent data transfer structure provides secure performance, important because audio requires continuous-secure data processing.
- Low Profile Audio Card
- Developed around Creative X-Fi Native PCI Express audio processor
- Support for Dolby Digital Live for Microsoft Windows® 7, Windows Vista® and Windows XP®
- Support for DTS Neo:PC & DTS Interactive on Microsoft Windows Vista® and Windows® 7
( DTS™ for Win 7 and Vista via Download) - Low-profile and standard-profile brackets included.
- Headphone Amplifier
- Microphone Pre-Amp
System Requirements
- Intel® Pentium® 4 1.6 GHz or AMD® Athlon XP 2000+ processor (Pentium 4 2.2 GHz, AMD AthlonTM XP 2400+ processor or faster recommended)
- Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard
- Microsoft® Windows® 7 32/64-bit, Windows Vista® 64-bit with Service Pack 1 (SP1), Windows Vista 32-bit with SP1, Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004. (For supported operating systems of most recent drivers, visit the Driver Download Page)
- 256 MB RAM (512 MB RAM for Windows Vista)
- 600 MB of free hard disk space
- Available PCI Express® (x1, x4, x8 or x16) slot
- CD or DVD ROM
Specifications
| Interface Core | |
|---|---|
| Audio Processor | Creative 20K2 PCI Express audio processor X-RAM 64M bytes of DDR-SDRAM for audio processing |
| PC Interface | PCI Express 1.1 Compliant Interface |
| Supported audio resolution and sampling rate | 16/24-bit / up to 192kHz (Stereo playback) 16/24-bit / up to 96.0khz (Multi channel playback) 16/24-bit / up to 96kHz (Recording) |
| API Supports | WDM, ASIO2.0 EAX® 5.0, Direct Sound®, Direct Sound 3D®, OpenAL |
| Supported Operating Systems | Microsoft® Windows 7 Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Microsoft® Windows XP™ |
| Analog Audio | |
Level |
3.0Vrms, +12.0dBu max, deviatio+/- 0.1dB |
| Dyamic Range | 109.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz) for Analog outputs 98.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz) for Analog inputs |
| Total Harmonic Distortion + Noise | 115.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz) for Stereo analog outputs 109.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz) for Multi channel analog outputs |
| Frequency Response | 10Hz to 22kHz, +/- 0.02 dB @ 48kHz 10Hz to 42kHz, +/- 0.02 dB @ 96kHz 10Hz to 94kHz, +/- 3dB @ 192kHz, Stereo |
| Impedance | Headphone load impedance 16Ω ~ 600Ω Line output impedance 330Ω Line/Aux input impedance 10KΩ |
| Microphone | Support Stereo and Balanced Mode |
| Connectivity | |
| Analog Multi I/O Cable (D-SUB) | 4 x 1/8" Stereo mini phone jack for Line outputs 1 x 1/8" TRS mini phone jack for MIC input 1 x 1/8" Stereo mini phone jack for Line input |
| Headphone | 1 x 1/8" Stereo mini Phone jack for Headphone output |
| Front Audio | 1 x 10-pin(5x2) Front audio header with Intel® HD Audio Compatible |
| Digital I/O | 1 x RCA/TOSLINK Combo jack for S/PDIF transmission 1 x 2-piS/PDIF input connector |
| Extension | Creative proprietary AND_EXT, DID_EXE connector for X-Fi I/O driver |
Package Contents
- AUZEN X-Fi™ FORTE 7.1 Board
- Quick Start guide
- 1 x Optical TOSLINK to TOSLINK cable, (6.6 feet / 2 meter)
- 1 x Analog Multi I/O cable (D-Sub)
- 1 x Optical adaptor
- 1 x Full size bracket
- Installation CD
- Sound Font Bank Manager
- Creative MediaSource 5 Organizer
- Creative MediaSource 5 Player
