Sound Blaster Series

Technical Specifications

These technical specifications attempt to cover all of the 8-bit Sound Blaster cards, in all of the various models. Any model-specific differences will be noted on that model's own page.

• System Requirements
• Hardware Specifications

System Requirements

• IBM PC XT or higher, or 100% compatibles
• VGA
• 5 MB of hard disk space for SB software
• MS-DOS® 4.0 or higher, Windows 3.1 or higher
• Open 8-bit slot (16-bit slot for SBPro cards)
• Speakers

HARDWARE SPECIFICATIONS

• Frequency Response: 100Hz - 10KHz
• Signal to Noise Ratio: 48 db
• Sampling Rate for Playback/Recording Mono: 5 KHz - 22.1 KHz (4-44.1kHZ SBPro only)
• Sampling Rate for Playback/Recording Stereo: 5 KHz - 22.1 KHz (SBPro only)
• Supply Voltage Requirement (Loading): +5, +12, -12 Volt
• Current Consumption (Typical): 50, 500, 30 mA respectively
• Microphone Impedance: 600 Ohms
• Line-In Impedance: 39 KOhms
• CD Audio-In Impedance: 50 KOhms (SBPro only)
• Microphone Sensitivity: 10 - 200 mVpp
• Line-In Sensitivity: 0 - 2 Vpp
• CD Audio-In Sensitivity: 0 - 2 Vpp (SBPro only)
• AD/DA Resolution: 8 bits
• Output Power (Max.): 4 Watts @ 4 Ohms PMPO (Amp out)

Information subject to change without notice.