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Velocity
05-10-05, 06:25 PM
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1558,1813855,00.asp

Might be the last soundcard I'll ever need.
Cyrix_2k
05-10-05, 06:57 PM
Sweet :drool:
Korndog
05-11-05, 12:51 AM
damn..10k mips? i think thats faster then my cpu... *sobs in a corner*
Droban
05-17-05, 05:07 PM
Does it have DDL encoding??
SK8
05-17-05, 05:13 PM
Based on the ac97 codec :X
Droban
05-17-05, 08:01 PM
:o
Emon
05-19-05, 05:09 PM
Looks like it'll have some neat features for gaming. Maybe it'll finally catch up to A3D. :rolleyes:

Also, I believe this is the card that Creative claims will resample and "redigitize" or some bull**** 128 Kbps MP3s and make them sound better than the original CD and studio recordings. They also said something about splitting 2 channels into 5.1 in a way that sounds better than real 5.1 or somesuch. Holy marketing bull****, Batman!
grunjee
05-19-05, 06:48 PM
5 bucks says the MSRP is $299 or more...
situman
05-24-05, 10:07 PM
10 bucks says they can shove it up their ass for tryn to sell a 300 dollar soundcard. you can get a pretty decent sony home theater system for that much.
madcow235
05-25-05, 08:12 PM
According to that little review thing Emu might release a card based on it and then we will have a godly card.
Dell_Axim
05-25-05, 09:35 PM
10 bucks says they can shove it up their ass for tryn to sell a 300 dollar soundcard. you can get a pretty decent sony home theater system for that
Then you discover that you'll need a good sound card to drive that system...
Really, I believe that the new sound card is designed for audiophiles, as opposed to regular users.
situman
05-25-05, 09:52 PM
No i just need a good TV to drive that sound system
Emon
05-25-05, 11:17 PM
Then you discover that you'll need a good sound card to drive that system...
Really, I believe that the new sound card is designed for audiophiles, as opposed to regular users.
It's designed for anyone who will buy into Creative's marking bull****. This card supposedly can resample and remaster 128 Kbps MP3s and make them sound better than the CD. That is, of course, bull****. It may be leaps and bounds above the Audigies in sound quality, and perhaps bridge the gap between gaming and hi-fi, but it's probably no match for something like Terratec or E-MU cards.

Oh, and if you wanted a good sound card to drive a home theater, the Chaintech AV-710 would do nicely, under $30. Well, for two channel stereo that is. Only the first two channels have the good DAC.