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Post Date: 2009-01-06
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    Posted: 06 Jan 2009 at 9:56pm
I just ordered my 3rd GTX 280, and well i wont have room for a sound card unless i get a PCIe 1.0 for the top slot.

im debating between the


Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty

and the

Asus Xonar D2X


any other suggestions ? or input on these cards.

Thanks



Edited by jtspectra2 - 06 Jan 2009 at 9:58pm
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Id go with the Xonar D2X just because ive had bad luck with creative's craptastic products.
 
Not to mention there customer support is terrible and it takes them forever to update drivers.
 
+1 Asus 
 
 
 
 


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The Xonar is my choice. Creative has too many driver issues and lacks good support. ASUS seems to keep updating theirs for now.
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Originally posted by jtspectra2

I just ordered my 3rd GTX 280, and well i wont have room for a sound card unless i get a PCIe 1.0 for the top slot.

im debating between the


Creative Labs SB X-FI Titanium Fatal1ty

and the

Asus Xonar D2X


any other suggestions ? or input on these cards.

Thanks

 
 
Do NOT buy an internal sound card!! You will just be wasting money. I have 3 GTX 280's and only had the vary top pcie x1 slot to put my X-FI Titanium fatal1ty pro SC in. The gpu's will cause the SC to get distorted and just shut off. You cant have a SC so close to a gpu(it will be touching it) or else you get interference from it and the only way to fix it is to use Mobo audio or use an external SC. I just got an asus xonar u1 external audio station and it works vary well But now I have a brand new X-FI SC that I can not even use just sitting here. you can try it but it will just end up being a waste of money!!!!
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ASUS cards utilize better EMI shielding and their upcoming Xonar Essence further shields the analog output from the card's own digital circuitry. Still, the nVidia cards may be putting out a heck of a lot of digital noise if they didn't control their emi via decent architecture and grounding.
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Do you know what kind of software ASUS supports for it's card? I am mainly interested in the handling of soundfonts for midi playback. Just learning, on al old creative audigy, how to create and load different instruments.
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