M-Audio Revolution 5.1

[gordon151]

Haven't seen anyone comment about this new card yet. It's supposedly a cheaper and more gamer oriented version of the Revolution 7.1. I'm wondering if this will be a good upgrade for me since I've been thinking of ugprading my sound card recently. It's available on newegg right now for about $74, which is cheaper than the Audigy2, but it's still unkown how much better the gaming performance is so I'm still waiting for more info.

 

[ncantador]

I saw a review on that card here, that you may find of interest.

 

[xonik]

The Revolution 5.1 uses the new VIA Envy24GT controller, which doesn't improve gaming performance whatsoever but streamlines the process of bit-perfect playback over S/PDIF. What this means to gamers is that current and forthcoming games that feature Dolby Digital technologies will be able to painlessly pass these streams over S/PDIF optical or coaxial lines.