Key Features
256 streams of DirectSound acceleration and digital mixing
96 streams of 3D audio acceleration including positional reverb, obstruction and occlusion
Full-duplex, 48khz digital recording and playback
Philips ThunderBird Avenger™ high performance audio accelerator
Hardware DSP accelerated QSound 3D algorithms including
QSound3DInteractive™ positional 3D
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QSound Environmental Modeling for EAX™ and DS3D™ games
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QSound Multi Speaker System™ for quad or 5.1 output of stereo sources
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QXpander™ for 3D enhancement of stereo
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DVD QSurround™ 5.1 speaker virtualization over stereo speakers (compatible SoftDVD
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player required)
576 voice total wavetable synthesis music polyphony
512 Voice professional quality soft-synth with GM compatibility
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64 channel hardware wavetable synthesizer
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Dual gameport accelerator with legacy and digital joy-stick modes
DirectSound™, DirectSound3D™, EAX™ 1.0 , EAX™2.0/I3D Level 2, and A3D™ 1.0 compatibility
Stereo , 4 channel surround , 5.1 speaker or headphone output
QMSS™ enhanced DVD playback mode (compatible SoftDVD player required)
Minimum System Requirements
Installation of your Philips Seismic Edge requires the following hardware and operating system:
One available PCI 2.1 compliant slot
Intel Pentium® class or 100% compatible 166Mhz or faster processor
Intel® or 100% compatible motherboard chip set
16MB system RAM
CD ROM for driver installation
Stereo, 4 channel surround powered speakers, 5.1 speakers or headphones
Windows® 95, Windows® 98, Windows NT® 4.0 (SP3)*, Windows® 2000, Windows XP**
*Not all product features supported using this operating system.
** Windows XP minimum system requirements are different and should be observed for proper Windows
operation.
What's Included
You will find the following items in your Seismic Edge™ package:
1-Seismic Edge™ sound card in a anti-static pouch
1-Seismic Edge™ installation CD
1-Analog audio cable to connect CD/DVD drive to sound card
1-Seismic Edge™ user's manual included in the installation CD
1-Product registration card
Bundled applications may be included on the installation CD or on separate media depending on the
Seismic Edge™ model
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