Congratulations on your purchase of Creative's latest audio revolution, Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi! With cutting edge technology from the leaders in PC audio, Sound Blaster X-Fi will give you years of reliable entertainment.
This Getting Started guide contains software installation and usage information for the Sound Blaster X-Fi series of audio devices.
Genuine Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz, AMD® 1 GHz or faster class
processor
Intel, AMD or 100%-Intel compatible motherboard chipset
Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2) or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4 (SP4)
256 MB RAM
600 MB of free hard disk space
Available PCI 2.1 compliant slot
Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
CD-ROM/CD-RW or CD-ROM/DVD-ROM required for software installation
Additional Requirements (where applicable)
Gaming: DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® compliant 3D graphics accelerator with at least 32 MB of texture RAM
DVD-Video and DVD-Audio Playback: 6x or faster DVD-ROM drive with one of the following recommended software DVD players: InterVideo WinDVD or CyberLink PowerDVD (latest version recommended), and 5.1, 6.1 or 7.1 speakers for optimal listening experience
Audio Creation: 256 MB RAM and above is required for loading 24-bit SoundFont banks
Other applications may have higher system requirements or may require a
microphone. Refer to the applications online Help documentation for details.
NOTE: Dell configured this sound card to operate as shipped. No
other modifications are necessary. Your system’s audio drivers were installed by Dell
and are operative when you receive the system. No further installation or configuration is
necessary. Store the driver CD/diskette that came with your system in a safe place in case
you ever need to reinstall the drivers.
