Creative Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Dolby Digital PCI Sound Card (SB0220) The Sound Blaster Live! brings cinema quality sound to your movies, music, and games with digital 5.1 clarity. Driven by the powerful EMU10K1 Digital Signal Processor, you will experience the highest quality sound reproduction with real-time audio and effects. The Sound Blaster Live! includes Creative PlayCenter with a full 320kbps encoder and 9X MP3 acceleration, making it fast and easy to create, customize and listen to quality MP3/WMA files. With the ability to connect to Dolby Digital and multi-channel digital speaker systems or analog audio devices, you can experience true 5.1 surround sound with all PC audio entertainment. Creative Multi-Speaker Surround (CMSS) mode lets you experience 5.1 audio from a stereo signal, or enjoy movies in Dolby Digital 5.1 audio when connected to digital 6-channel speakers or analog Dolby Digital-ready home stereo receivers. Works with the Following Standards: Windows 95, 98, 98SE, NT4.0, 2000 and Millennium Edition, General MIDI, MPC-3, Plug and Play, Sound Blaster PCI, EAX, Microsoft DirectSound, DirectSound 3D and derivatives, PCI 2.1 compliant, AC '97 compliant, Dolby Digital. Minimum System Requirements: Microsoft Windows 95, 98, 98SE, NT 4.0, 2000, or Millennium Edition; Genuine Intel Pentium 166MHz or AMD 200 MHz; Genuine Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset; 32MB system RAM (64MB recommended); Open half-length PCI 2.1 compliant slot; A CD-ROM drive is required for software installation; Headphones or amplified speakers.