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bugrit   03-18-2009 at 06:04:47 PM

I'm considering the Asus Xonar DX card. I'll mainly be gaming a using a headset (Goldring 100s) so my main consideration is getting good positional (surround) sound. I may listen to some music. I doubt if i'll ever get speakers due to space/noise limitations in the flat.

How does this card stack up against the more expensive D2 and D2X models? I'm willing to pay the extra cash, but not if the difference is negligable.

Are their any comaparable offerings from Creative?

Cheers......

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kjv1611   03-18-2009 at 06:19:36 PM
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I've not tried any of the new Asus cards, but I've used Creative Labs SB1, SB2 - diff variations, SB X-FI.

All of the Creative cards did really well for video gaming and listening to music, and even music creation.

However, I've fairly recently used an M-Audio Delta 1010LT sound card, and can notice a bigger difference with that than any sound card to date. It filters out more noise.

But my biggest thing with sound cards is for recording audio. For basic listening and gaming, I doubt you'd see much difference between any of them. Matter of fact, if you have a halfway decent motherboard that's been built in the past couple of years, you'll have plenty good enough audio without a dedicated sound card for gaming, music listening, watching movies, etc. ESPECIALLY for a set of headphones.

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gamerk316   03-18-2009 at 06:24:08 PM
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The DX is slightly older, but still offers performance around that of the ExtremeGamer, maybe slightly better. You can't really go wrong with it.

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