Overclockers in the UK has been running the pre-orders for a few days now - they reckon they are getting several hundred in from a mix of manufacturers - MSI, ASUS etc - the usual suspects. 100 quid deposit, refundable if you don't like the final price when they know what it is and call us...
There's a point everyone seems to be missing here (everyone is harping on about the GPU implementation of MANTLE) and that is that this API optimises the CPU as well. So what you'll see is that games that use MANTLE will see a boost irrespective of the GPU - due to the CPU optimisations the API...
JChen012,
Here's a snippet of an email I got from Auzen when I asked them about drivers:
Thank you for contacting Auzentech, Inc.
The driver for the Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 will be supported by Creative Lab. Auzentech can develop the driver if the Creative open the source code...
As Auzen are relying on Creative for the drivers for their new X-Fi Prelude card, does anyone know if it's going to suffer the same 4Gb memory problem as the X-Fi? I.E. 4Gb or more of RAM in your rig turns the X-Fi from a high-end gaming soundcard into an expensive paperweight... :mad...