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Creative SoundBlaster Audigy 4 Pro


Product
Sound Card
Date
12th January 2005
Manufacured By
Supplied By
Price
$299,95 or €249
Author

System Requirements:::…

Here are the system requirements needed for the Audigy 4 Pro.

  • Genuine Intel® Pentium® II, Celeron® 350MHz, or equivalent AMD-K6® 450MHz processor or faster
  • Intel® , AMD® or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
  • Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 1 or 2 (SP1 or SP2) or Windows 2000 (SP2)
  • 128MB RAM
  • 600MB of free hard disk space
  • Available PCI 2.1 or higher compliant slot for the audio card
  • Headphones or amplified speakers (available separately)
  • CD-ROM/CD-RW or DVD-ROM drive required for software installation
  • DVD-ROM drive required for Games installation

For more information or a more detailed description about these requirements visit this link here.

Comparison chart:::…

With each new Audigy card being available, one tends to get confused about the features that it hosts in comparison to the “older” models.

Here’s a comparison chart with a good overview about what each Audigy model hosts.

 

Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 Value

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro

Audio Quality

Sound Blaster® 24-bit ADVANCED HD™ Quality

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR)

100dB

106dB

108dB

108dB

108dB

113dB

Max. Audio Resolution Playback & Quality

24-bit/96kHz

24-bit/192kHz in Stereo
24-bit/96kHz in 5.1 DVD-Audio Quality

Max. Recording / Sampling Rate

24-bit/96kHz

DACs

24-bit/96kHz

24-bit/192kHz

Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 Value

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro

Gaming

EAX®

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EAX® ADVANCED HD™

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EAX 4.0 ADVANCED HD*

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Hardware Acceleration of EAX &/or EAX ADVANCED HD

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

No. of Audio Environment(s) Processed Simultaneously*

1

>1

>1*

>1*

>1*

>1

Max. No. of 3D Voices

64

64

64

64

64

64

Max. Channels in 3D Positional Audio

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

7.1

PC-to-PC Gaming with FireWire®

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Speaker Calibration for Optimal 3D Positional Audio

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 Value

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro

Music Playback/Music Creation

Integrated Digital Music Player

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Integrated Digital Music Ripping (in Player) - MP3 & WMA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Advanced Resolution DVD-Audio Playback

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EAX Music Enhancements

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

EAX Effects

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

CMSS 3D Up mixing of Stereo to Multi-Channels

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Audio Clean-up

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Smart Volume Management (SVM)

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Karaoke

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Multi-Channel Graphic Equalizer

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Bass Boost

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Virtual Surround over 2 Channel or Headphones

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Full Support for Windows Media 9 24-bit/96kHz 5.1 content

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ASIO Low Latency Multi-Track Recording Support (16-bit/48kHz)

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ASIO 2.0 Low Latency Multi-Track Recording Support (24-bit/96kHz)

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

ASIO 2.0 Direct Monitoring

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 Value

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro

Movies

THX® Certification

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

THX Setup Console

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dolby Digital 5.1 Playback

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Dolby Digital EX 6.1 Playback

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

DTS-ES 6.1 Playback

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Sound Blaster® Live! 24-bit

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 Value

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 ZS Platinum Pro

Sound Blaster® Audigy® 4 Pro

Connectivity

Front-Panel Audio Connectivity

NA

NA

NA

Yes

External I/O Module

External I/O Module

Game Port/Joystick Port

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

High Speed FireWire® port

NA

NA

Yes

Yes

Yes

Yes

Analog Speakers Support

Headphone, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1, 6.1, 7.1

Digital Speakers Support

Headphone, 2.1, 4.1, 5.1,
24-bit/96kHz speakers

* Require Driver or Software Update
 
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