According to a report by Notebook Review, though, that's all about to change. The site has come upon several pictures of what looks like a notebook-bound version of Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeAudio sound card. The new Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio Notebook card forgoes the PCMCIA interface and instead uses the Express Card interface. The card itself has four ports (front, side, center/sub, and rear) and is presumably designed to hook up an analog 7.1 speaker setup. Notebook Review doesn't say whether the card will accelerate EAX positional audio in hardware, though. Judging by product pages on Creative's website, the desktop version of the X-Fi XtremeAudio does not. Creative hasn't released official specifications, pricing or availability for the new notebook card, but expect to see full details within the coming weeks.