undertheradar
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I have an X-Fi Fagtality Titanium Pro. Creative sucks with their driver updates, as many already know. I am considering an upgrade and passing this card on to the HTPC in the living room. So I was wondering what to get... needless to say, the new X-Fi Ti HD is off the list (is it even 7.1?)
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Blas...UTF8&coliid=I2J3YI7QSA50FY&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
So I remember the Asus cards really kickin butt in past reviews, and they update their drivers much quicker. I am confused though by all the cards that they have on their site though; so let me toss some stuff out there and tell me what is what and what I should get...
Is the best gaming card the Xonar D2X?
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Xonar-D2...=UTF8&coliid=I50FMPFHJZRP7&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
Is this Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 also good for games? Or am I reading this correctly that its more of a music card that will eat up more CPU in games? Is this better or worse?
http://www.amazon.com/Essence-STX-C...=UTF8&coliid=IU52L6ILCHVC9&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
And what is the story with this one? The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe:
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Xonar-De...=UTF8&coliid=IUXTERJYA8327&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
Are these the top cards to look at? Which is best? Are there other models I should consider? How do they compare? Someone mentioned to me that non-gaming asus cards tend to suck up alot of the CPU... not sure about that. I need some direction here...lol. Thanks in advance.
http://www.amazon.com/Creative-Blas...UTF8&coliid=I2J3YI7QSA50FY&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
So I remember the Asus cards really kickin butt in past reviews, and they update their drivers much quicker. I am confused though by all the cards that they have on their site though; so let me toss some stuff out there and tell me what is what and what I should get...
Is the best gaming card the Xonar D2X?
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Xonar-D2...=UTF8&coliid=I50FMPFHJZRP7&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
Is this Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 also good for games? Or am I reading this correctly that its more of a music card that will eat up more CPU in games? Is this better or worse?
http://www.amazon.com/Essence-STX-C...=UTF8&coliid=IU52L6ILCHVC9&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
And what is the story with this one? The Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe:
http://www.amazon.com/Asus-Xonar-De...=UTF8&coliid=IUXTERJYA8327&colid=O97BGIKYLPEI
Are these the top cards to look at? Which is best? Are there other models I should consider? How do they compare? Someone mentioned to me that non-gaming asus cards tend to suck up alot of the CPU... not sure about that. I need some direction here...lol. Thanks in advance.
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