2 About Your Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact Card
Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact's compatibility with Sound Blaster PCI ensures you of
near perfect Sound Blaster compatibility on legacy applications. Its use of the Plug and Play
(PnP) technology also helps make Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact one of the easiest
audio cards to install.
We believe your Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact card will give you years of enjoyment of
high-quality sound on your PC.
Checking System
Requirements
Your audio card requires at least:
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Pentium class 90MHz or 166MHz (recommended) computer with a free PCI slot for
Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95
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Pentium 166MHz and above computer with a free PCI slot for Windows 2000 and
Millennium Edition (ME)
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16 MB RAM for Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 95/98/ME (32 RAM recommended)
64 MB RAM for Windows 2000
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Windows NT 4.0, Windows 2000 or Windows 95/98/ME
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Passive or amplified speakers (Cambridge SoundWorks speakers recommended)
Using This Guide
This guide explains the various hardware components on your audio card, and also shows you
how to install the card into your computer.
Getting More
Information
Refer to the online Creative Sound Blaster PCI Compact Help for more information and
instructions on how to use the various applications found in your package.
