News Sounds of Asus heard in Hannover

Finally! Some serious (hopefully) competition to Creative!

 

Small typo there

And it was about time that those useless PCIe X1 slots got filled with some junk

 

Whilst I'm currently using a Creative X-Fi card meself (Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Pro), they certainly aren't the be all and end all, in the world of PC soundcards, by any means.
There are some damned decent alternatives available

Terratec spring immediately to mind for a good range of affordable mid - high end PC cards.
I recently bought my younger son a Terratec Aureon 7.1 for just £30.xx + P&P, and it sounds surprisingly good - considering the low price

Pinnacle also offer quite a few good cards as well - particularly their 'M-Audio' range.
I still have their 'Revolution 7.1' going strong in one of my rigs, and it's sounding just as good as the day I bought it

And I have a (BlueGears) HDA 'Digital X Mystique 7.1 Gold' pumping out the vibes in another rig


If you're happy with what you've got just now, whilst you wait for that Asus PCI-E card, fair enough... but there are good alternatives for anyone looking to buy something other than a Creative card for their PC now

 

Is it just me, or is this photo regular PCI? (not express)

http://www.bit-tech.net/content_images/cebit_2007_images/cb-asus-snd-365-2.jpg

 

The Xonar D2X is PCI-E x1, the Xonar D2 is PCI.