Asus Xonar 7.1!

lay-z-boy · 13 Aug 2007 at 21:23

james.miller said:
not for the gamer you dont

i'm getting a xonar, but im waiting for those damn 95w quad cores to arrive before i place an order lol

Indeed, the gamer and the extreme audio (pci & pci-e) have front panel connectors, they are only Intel HD audio only compatible so most cases wont work properly with them.

xrs · 17 Aug 2007 at 01:59

Bought a xonar, the other day - which came this morning. Upgraded from an audigy 2zs, and the difference is impressive. Fantastic sound quality whilst listening to music, which is the main reason i bought it. Looks really nice too.

humax · 17 Aug 2007 at 02:01

Hi
dose it have front panel connectors ?

lay-z-boy · 17 Aug 2007 at 02:03

Answer to that has already been posted? :confused:

xrs · 17 Aug 2007 at 12:56

no, it does not have front pannel connectors.

Greenlizard0 · 17 Aug 2007 at 23:41

I'm really tempted by this, my main use is music and some dvd's and films.

I don't really play games.

ramdor · 18 Aug 2007 at 11:20

Anyone know if the xonar will encode dolby/dts down the spdif so that you get 5.1 or whatever from games wihtout using analogue.

james.miller · 18 Aug 2007 at 16:40

yes it will, but if you're going to do that then just get a cheaper card like the x-meridian/x-mystique ect. The cost of this card is going towards the quality of the analogue outputs. not much point in buying the card if you arent going to use them