Creative Labs 70SB150000001 Sound Blaster Z 70SB150000001

The Sound Blaster Z, part of the ultra high-performance Z-Series of Sound Blaster� PCI Express sound cards, is an ideal all-round solution for your PC gaming and entertainment needs. It comes complete with the Sound Blaster Beamforming Microphone for crystal clear voice communication.

SBX Pro Studio� technologies

Experience awe-inspiring audio with the SBX Pro Studio suite of technologies that immerses you in your games and movies with amazing detail and a 360-degree true-to-life sound stage.

Crystal clear communication

In gaming, if you're not communicating, you're not winning. Experience crystal clear commmunication with your teammates with the CrystalVoice� suite of technologies that removes echoes, ambient noises and picks up your voice from within a zone (CrystalVoice Focus). It also maintains your voice level even if you move near or further away from the microphone.

Sound Blaster Beamforming Microphone

When used with CrystalVoice Focus, the bundled beamforming microphone creates an acoustic zone and suppresses noise outside it, enabling you to be heard with amazing clarity.

Sound Core3D audio processor

The quad-core Sound Core3D� audio processor was designed to offload SBX Pro Studio and CrystalVoice effects processing from your primary CPU, improving your overall PC performance, resulting in drastically superior audio and voice quality.

Advanced home entertainment audio

Experience like never before the power of Sound Blaster audio with your home entertainment today! With Sound Blaster Z's gold-plated connectors, speaker optimization technology and digital content encoding capability, you can be assured of only the best digital audio possible.

High fidelity surround sound

Connect to your home theatre system through a single digital cable and enjoy cinematic DVD movies by transforming any stereo or multi-channel streams into high fidelity immersive surround sound.

Audio



Audio output channels



5.1 channels


Audio quality



24 bit


Digital-to-Analog Conversion (DAC)



24-bit/192kHz


Frequency range



10 - 88000 Hz


Internal



Yes


Line-out Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR)



116 dB


Other features



Digital audio optical in



1


Minimum storage drive space



600 MB


Package dimensions



Gross Weight (Package, kg)



1 kg


Ports & interfaces



Digital audio optical in



1


Digital audio optical out



1


Headphone outputs



4


Host interface



PCI-E


Line-in



Yes


Microphone in



Yes


Product dimensions



Net Weight (Product, kg)



0.5 kg


Software



Windows operating systems supported



Windows 7 Home Basic, Windows 7 Home Basic x64, Windows 7 Home Premium, Windows 7 Home Premium x64, Windows 7 Professional, Windows 7 Professional x64, Windows 7 Starter, Windows 7 Starter x64, Windows 7 Ultimate, Windows 7 Ultimate x64, Windows 8, Windows 8 Enterprise, Windows 8 Enterprise x64, Windows 8 Pro, Windows 8 Pro x64, Windows 8 x64


System requirements



Minimum processor



2.2GHz


Minimum RAM



1024 MB


Minimum storage drive space



600 MB


Optical drive required



Yes


Vendor information



Brand Name


Creative Labs


Warranty



1 Year(s)