Question about the Asus Maximus 6 Hero And Soundcards

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Hello i am planning on buying the Asus Maximus 6 Hero motherboard but i want to know this question. If i do 2 way sli (2gpu's) on the motherboard will i still be able to put a dedicated sound card onto the motherboard and it would not effect performance of the 2 gpus and not eat up any bandwidth from the gpus?

Mobo information http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/MAXIMUS_VI_HERO/
 
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Hey I'm an audiophile nut, but I would question the need for a separate sound card. Especially on a Hero board, see below quote from their site.

If you want better sound 1st, you better have some pretty good speakers or you won't hear a difference. But next goto an External sound device. Use the TOS-Link optical output and connect to a D/A converter input of your surround sound receiver. This then goes to your amplifier/receiver and its speakers. (yeah, my PC is connected to my Home Theater System....)

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so the asus maximus 6 hero will be fine if i decide to do 2 way sli on it and decide i want to get a dedicated soundcard nothing will conflict? is 1x speed good for the soundcard?

 
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Hey I'm an audiophile nut, but I would question the need for a separate sound card. Especially on a Hero board, see below quote from their site.

If you want better sound 1st, you better have some pretty good speakers or you won't hear a difference. But next goto an External sound device. Use the TOS-Link optical output and connect to a D/A converter input of your surround sound receiver. This then goes to your amplifier/receiver and its speakers. (yeah, my PC is connected to my Home Theater System....)

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your an 'audiophile'?? ke putas! the audio on hero is sheit (sad, but true), their isolated circuits leak digital noise like a mofo.

do get the external one or live in market fantasies about great sounds..

(i do have a degree in sound engineering and i do be tellin the truth)



 
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