The Auzentech Auzen X-Fi™ Forte 7.1 Low Profile PCI Express Sound Card 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. 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.

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Key Features

• Low Profile Audio Card
• Developed around Creative X-Fi Native PCI Express audio processor
• Support for Dolby Digital Live for Windows XP and Vista
• Support for DTS Neo:PC & DTS Interactive for Vista ( DTS™ for Vista Available via Downloads)
• Low-profile and standard-profile brackets included.

Rear Panel Brackets
The X-Fi™ Forte includes two rear panel brackets, a Standard bracket and a Low Profile bracket. Use the appropriate bracket for your PC.

Digital Output
RCA/TOSLINK Combo Jack: Can connect to external DAC, AV Receiver, and Decoder through a 75Ω Coaxial cable or optical mini cable. Can play S/PDIF Stereo PCM and Dolby Digital AC-3, DTS bit-stream content.

Headphone Output
3.5mm (1/8”) stereo mini-phone jack: Includes an independent Headphone amp and can activate an impedance 16Ω ~ 600Ω headphone or earphone. Also, can be used, when configuring a Stereo system, not using the Analog I/O cable, as an Front Line Output.

NOTE:
If you connect a Passive Speaker (with lower than 16Ω) to this Headphone output, it can cause this audio card to not function correctly.

Analog I/O Cable: D-SUB 15-Pin Connector
Connect the Analog I/O cable bundled in this package and use for Mic input, Line input and 8-channel line output Jack.

Analog I/O Cable: Microphone Input Connector
3.5mm (1/8”) mini phone jack (Pink color label: ‘MIC IN’) - connect to Stereo/Mono unbalanced condenser microphone and input, record audio from the MIC through the audio card. Also, connect to Balanced Dynamic Microphone through the jumper setting of this audio board.

Line Input Connector
3.5mm (1/8”) stereo mini-phone jack (Blue color label: ‘LINE IN’) - connect CD players or MP3 players from their headphone output or line output and input/record audio through this audio card.

Front Line Output Connector
3.5mm (1/8”) stereo mini-phone jack (Lime color label: ‘FRONT’) - connect to active multichannel speaker or AV Amplifier’s “Front”.

Rear Output Connector
3.5mm (1/8”) stereo mini-phone jack (Black color label: ‘REAR’) - connect to active multichannel speaker or AV Amplifier’s "Rear". (Only available on 4 channel or more audio systems.)

Center/Woofer Output Connector
3.5mm (1/8”) stereo mini-phone jack (Orange color label: ‘C/SW’) - connect to active multichannel speaker or AV Amplifier’s "Center/Woofer". (Only Available on 5 channel or more audio systems.)

Side output connector
3.5mm (1/8”) stereo mini-phone jack (Gray color label: ‘SIDE’) - connect to active multichannel speaker or AV Amplifier’s "Side". (Only Available on 7 channel or more audio systems.)

Board Dimensions:	176.900 x 56.155 mm 6.964 x 2.211 in. (L x H)
Package Contents:	1 x AUZEN X-Fi™ FORTE 7.1 Board 1 x User Manual 1 x 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 Low Profile Bracket 1 x Fullsize Bracket 1 x Installation CD
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 192 kHz (Stereo playback) 16/24-bit - up to 96.0 khz (Multi channel playback) 16/24-bit - up to 96 kHz (Recording)
API Supports:	WDM ASIO 2.0 EAX® 5.0 Direct Sound® Direct Sound 3D® OpenAL
Minimum System Requirements
Processor:	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)
Motherboard:	Intel, AMD or 100% ATX Compatible Motherboard
Operating Systems:	Microsoft® 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 Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004
System Memory:	256 MB RAM 512 MB RAM for Windows Vista
Hard Drive Space:	600 MB Minimum Free Space
Expansion Slot:	One PCI Express® Slot (x1, x4, x8 or x16)
Optical Drive:	CD or DVD Drive
Analog Audio
Level:	3.0 Vrms +12.0 dBu Max. Deviation ± 0.1 dB
Analog Outputs Dynamic Range:	109.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz)
Analog Inputs Dynamic Range:	98.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz)
Stereo Analog Outputs Total Harmonic Distortion & Noise:	115.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz)
Multi-Channel Analog Outputs Total Harmonic Distortion & Noise:	109.0 dB A-weighted (1kHz @ -60dBFS, 24-bit/48kHz)
Frequency Response @ 48 kHz:	10Hz to 22kHz ± 0.02 dB
Frequency Response @ 96 kHz:	10Hz to 42kHz ± 0.02 dB
Frequency Response @ 192 kHz:	10Hz to 94kHz ± 3dB (Stereo)
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 Microphone 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 (Intel® HD Audio Compatible)
Digital I/O:	1 x RCA/TOSLINK Combo Jack for S/PDIF Transmission 1 x 2-pin S/PDIF Input Connector
Extension:	Creative proprietary AND_EXT, DID_EXE connector for X-Fi I/O Driver