Asus sounds out the competition
ENCOURAGED BY the seemingly good Xonar card take-up, Asus
has pushed the multimedia envelope a bit further this time. The Xonar range has
spread to range, from the U2W mobile external USB model, to the D1 and Stereo X
models in the mid-range and Xonar HDAV 1.3 Deluxe HDMI towards the top. This
looks a splendid HD add-on multimedia card, supposedly improving the HD picture
and video quality. wThere were also TV tuner kits for LCD PC monitors.
Asus' multimedia product guy, Sean Lai, is confident of making Xonar into the major sound card and the overall sound quality and bundles support that - not to mention the sleek card looks. One thing is still missing, though: a good all-round DSP like, say, Creative's EMU20K2 on the new X-Fi PCI-E cards. That would offload the CPU from the daunting sound effect tasks. Is there an opportunity for a synergy between these two players? The future will tell...
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Hi, Inquirer.

I just wanted to point out that in my tests of both the ASUS Xonar D2 and DX sound cards (both based around versions of the CMI8788 OxygenHD audio processor from C-Media), the CPU load with software-processed EAX 2.0 effects wasn't significant until the number of simultaneous voices reached 128. Creative's card had virtually no CPU impact, but the CPU overhead of the ASUS Xonar cards remains low enough to not make much of a difference.
Msr. Magee told US almost year ago, HDMI 1.3 has permanent Sound rumble that is unrepairable, nethier software nor hardware, its just plain defective. \

Manufacturers got so enraged they claimed, even though HDMI 2.0 exists & is perfect, they will NOT tell US which HDMI standard is Used in recently manufactured devices, I believe close to No Hdmi 2.0 exists therefore.

Its SAD day when Self Proclaimed best can NOT find time to use best standards. In Fact its Just Crazy Cat Rip Off Game, thruout electronics industry, computing just being easier to effect.. Gaming? YOU Da' Game.
Drashek
Daniel_K the modder has been threatened by Creative Labs again , research proves to me the Asus cards are what i want as my sound card , i hope Asus keeps drivers up to date unlike creative. cpu load should be little problem with Quad procs . where and when can i get this card
I really don't see why anyone should shell out big bucks on a dedicated sound card. In today's landscape of multi-core processors, who really cares if one core is loaded 5% to do sound tasks? I think people just pretend to hear a difference between integrated audio and Sound Blasters because they just privately want to reassure themselves that they weren't suckered to buy one of Creative's (or Asus') crap. Ok, some audiophiles (or audio-phile wannabes) may really hear a difference, but I bet 99% who buy sound cards and just plug in cheap PC speakers are just fooling themselves. And those guys who shell out $150 for 5dB better SNR must have no better use for their money. Lucky people.