Important Info:

Sound chip By : Philips

Price : SRP $99

API Support :  DirectSound, DS3D, EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0 and A3D 1.0 (by translating to DS3D calls, works with most but not all titles)

Minimum System Requirements:

• One available PCI 2.1-compliant slot
• Genuine Intel, Pentium class 133Mhz or faster processor
• Intel or 100% compatible motherboard chip set
• 16MB system RAM CD-ROM for driver installation

Reviewers PC:

Mark
- Win98
- Celeron 333a o/c 416
- 128MB PC100 ram
- Creative TNT
- Creative Voodoo Blaster 12 M
- 6.1  and 13 GIG EIDE HD
- For four speaker testing purpose I hooked the card up to Videologic's Sirocco Crossfire speaker system using the analog inputs as well as MidiLand S4-7100. For 6-speaker testing I used the MidiLand S4-7100 and the Abit SP-50. For two speaker testing purposes I used the same speaker systems but only connecting to the front channels as well as the Diamond Audio Technology HPM-4100 and for headphones testing I used a set of Sennheiser HD525s.  Digital output was tested with the MidiLand ADS-2000 as well as the Cambridge SoundWorks DTT2500 and Creative DTT3500.

Mikael
- Win98SE/Windows 2000
- Duron 750
- 256MB PC100 ram
- GeForce DDR
- 6.4 GB Quantum SE
- For four speaker testing purpose I hooked the card up to Videologic's Sirocco Crossfire speaker system using the analog inputs and later in testing I used Videologic's Digi Theatre speaker system for 6-speaker testing. For two speaker testing purposes I used the VideoLogic Sirocco Pro as well as the same speaker systems but only connecting to the front channels and for headphones testing I used a set of Sennheiser HD5570

• Creates 5.1 distinct surround sound channels
• Revolutionizes the music listening experience

• 5.1 channel surround from any A/V source
• Dolby Digital, QMSS and QSurround DVD playback to 2, 4, or 5.1 speakers*
  *Requires compatible soft-DVD player

• 2, 4, and 5.1 speaker 3D for every game
• Transforms game play into a home theatre experience

Audio Accelerator/Digital Signal Processor:

• PHILIPS ThunderBird Avenger ™ DSP for extreme hardware acceleration Codec
• AC97 CODEC Bus Interface: PCI 2.1 bus master

Industry Specifications:

• Exceeds PC98 & PC99 audio requirements
• SNR > 92dB typical
  

Digital Acceleration:

• 96 streams of 3D audio acceleration including positional reverb
• 256 streams of DirectSound acceleration and digital mixing
• Full-duplex, 48khz digital recording and playback
• 64 hardware sample rate conversion channels up to 48khz
• Wavetable and FM Synthesis
• DirectInput devices

Comprehensive Connectivity:

• 5.1 (6 channel) channel analog output
• Digital S/PDIF output (stereo, AC3 or DTS signal)
• Digital S/PDIF input
• MIDI in/Midi out/dual game port
• Additional external inputs: Line in, Mic in
• Additional internal inputs: CD in, Aux in, TAD in, S/PDIF in
• Special effects can be applied to any audio input including conversion of stereo to quadraphonic or 5.1 output, QXpander, 2D-to-3D remapping and reverb

Music Synthesis:

• Up to 576 total wavetable synthesis voices
• Reverb and chorus
• 64 channel hardware CD quality (16 bit, 44.1khz) wavetable synthesizer with 5.9MB sample set
• Hardware FM Synthesizer (real mode DOS)
• 512 voice professional quality soft-synth with XG and GM compatibility

• QSound3DInteractive ™ positional 3D for 2 speakers, 4 speakers or 5.1 speakers
• QSound Multi Speaker System ™ for quadraphonic or 5.1 channel output of stereo music, video and games
• QSound Environmental Modeling for EAX ™ and DirectSound3D ™ games
• QXpander ™ and “2D to 3D remapping” for 3D enhancement of stereo playback
• QSurround ™ virtual 5.1 playback of DVDs using 2 speakers*
  * Requires compatible soft-DVD player