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Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI Sound Card

Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI Sound Card

Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI Sound Card
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Creative Labs : SB4740

Customer Rating: 21 reviews   Recommend

Our Price:$51.99 (Price details)
Availability:Usually ships in 1-3 weeks. Ships from and sold by Toyzz.
Main Features
  • CD-quality audio with a fast PCI connection
  • Based on the award-winning SoundBlaster 16
  • 128-voice MIDI music synthesizer
  • Plug and play
  • Backed by a three year warranty
Product Description

Sound Blaster 16 provides CD-quality stereo sound with low CPU utilization and great wave-table music that is ideal for home, business, and Internet applications. Sound Blaster 16 allows you to hear the difference, with better sounding music and multimedia in your Windows applications.Full Plug-and-Play support is built in, so setup is "hassle free" for any PC setup. Every signal is processed and mixed with a 16-bit digital audio engine for high quality. Sound Blaster 16 provides support for positional 3D sound technology to provide spacious sound on headphones or 2 speaker configurations. The Sound Blaster 16 is the most affordable Sound Blaster product to date. Get one and hear the difference for yourself.

Product Details

Title: Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI Sound Card
Sales Rank: 23132 in Electronics
Manufacturer: Creative Labs
Model: SB4740, Windows NT
Item Dimensions: 2 pounds
Package Dimensions: 10.5 x 7 x 2.25 inches, 0.6 pounds

Customer Reviews
Does not work for Dos :(
This pci card works but unfortunatly i needed it to work for DOS games and it does not. My mistake i overlooked the model number.   More reviews
An effective basic soundcard
I keep a lot of computer equipment at home, due to the fact that I am an A+ technician working to complete my MCSE (microsoft certified systems engineer) credentials. I bought a pre-owned computer from ebay last month in order to practice setting up computer networks at home. This particular computer is a business-class desktop, designed more for the office environment rather than the typical entertainment PC that we would normally…   More reviews
Drivers are unreliable
I installed this card in a new home built computer. When I got Windows XP installed the sound came on and sounded fine with the generic drivers provided by Windows XP. I then proceeded to install the drivers that came with the sound card. After installing the Creative drivers I discovered the sound on some of my games was distorted. I rolled back the…   More reviews
Be careful what is written on the box
I purchased the Creative Sound Blaster 16 PCI card to replace my built in sound engine. The installation was simple, typical of a pci card. The inclosed directions to install the card were ample to do the job. They sell these items at Walmart so I took a look at the box before coming back to Amazon and buying at a better price. It does say on the box this…   More reviews
Terrible performance! No way to uninstall!
Even though this is a very low end card, I expected performance at least on par with the integrated sound. Unfortunately, I was disappointed to find that the sound stuttered badly, especially in games and during playback with Windows Media Player. I wasn't upset, however, until I tried to uninstall the drivers (for the purpose of installing my higher end sound card), when…   More reviews
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