Creative Sound Blaster Audigy-2-ZS Notebook 7.1 24-bit PCMCIA Sound Card

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook Sound Card

For the First Time Ever, Premium Sound Blaster Quality for Your Notebook - At Home or On-the-Go!
The PCMCIA Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Notebook opens a new era of possibilities for the notebook user. This sound card delivers features previously only available to PC users but now available to notebook users (even those that are highly mobile). This is achieved by combining crystal clear audio with advanced, hardware-accelerated features all in a tiny PCMCIA format card! For instance it delivers THX® certified 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ audio quality playback with incredible 104dB SNR, allowing for audiophile quality playback with support for DVD-Audio1 at up to 24-bit/192kHz and Windows Media 9: 24-bit multi-channel audio format.

The Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook also provides encompassing 7.1 surround sound for Dolby® Digital EX1 as well as DTS-ES™1 supported DVD movies; any DirectSound3D1 games and CMSS 3D1 virtualized 7.1 stereo music. Gamers will love the hardware accelerated EAX® 4.0 ADVANCED HD™2 that not only brings games to life, but delivers maximum performance! Musicians will also enjoy true 24-bit recording and low latency ASIO support for the ultimate audio recording platform. Notebook audio just got very, very interesting!

Features

Unsurpassed Audio Quality

With support for two side and rear speakers for Dolby® Digital EX1 DVD movies and DirectSound® 3D games, the side and rear audio imaging are much improved, lending to a totally immersive experience. What's more, Creative CMSS® lets you play back all stereo content like MP3s, CDs and VCDs in multi-channel surround.
Superior Home Theater sound quality for all your music, movies, and games.
Rich, high-fidelity, 24-bit audio with 256 times the clarity of your basic notebook sound.
Music, movies, and games in virtual surround on headphones or full surround on 5.1 or 7.1 speakers.

Music

Make your digital music sound dramatically better with EAX® ADVANCED HD™ Music Tools featuring Bass Boost1, Multi-Band Graphic Equalizer1, Audio Clean-Up™, and more!
Create MP3s, Organize Music, Burn CDs with full-featured digital music software.
Listen to all your digital music in virtual surround or full surround sound with CMSS® 3D1 Audio Technology.
Experience the superior quality of Windows Media™ 9 Pro audio and Advanced Resolution™ DVD-Audio™1 in 24-bit quality and full 5.1 surround.

Movies

Hear captivating home theater surround with built-in Dolby® Digital EX1 and DTS-ES™1 decoding.
Enjoy precise positional audio with THX® setup software that lets you adjust speaker positioning without moving your speakers.

Games

Experience game sound effects so realistic that you'll feel like you are actually in the game. With EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD™2 you'll hear all the action without compromising game performance.
Hear where your enemies are - before they find you - with immersive 3D positional audio in your games.

Recordings

Record your own music and audio samples in richer, cleaner 24-bit audio quality with high-fidelity 24-bit/96kHz inputs.
Create professional quality music anywhere with ASIO 2.0 support, SoundFont®1 support, and hardware audio.

Minimum System Requirements

Intel® Pentium® III, Mobile Pentium® III, Pentium M, Celeron - 1.2 GHz, or equivalent AMD® processor, or faster
Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
Microsoft® Windows® XP (SP2) or 2000 (SP4)
256MB RAM
600MB of free hard disk space
Available Type II CardBus slot (PCMCIA slot)
CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
Headphones or external speakers (Audio will not play through built-in notebook speakers)

Recommended System for DVD Movies, DVD-Audio and Games