At last, a soundcard that encodes AC3 (dolby digital) in real-time.

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here it is,
HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1 GOLD



If this card is better then my onboard MCP-T (soundstorm) chipset i\'ll be ordering one today...  I\'ve been reading reviews that people are saying it tops Audigy 2 ZS cards. hmmm


well i\'ve ordered one, will beat my soundstorm chipset which has treated me well, but i do want better performance.  Just wish creative would catch up and start making AC3 real-time encoding cards.

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That\'s like an orgasm in sound card form.

old news

not too keen on lossy ac-3 encoding but it seems to be all the rage for gamers

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old news????  



why didn\'t u post it earlier "shakes fist"

the sound card for people who watch dvd movies on thier pc\'s

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Originally posted by mm
the sound card for people who watch dvd movies on thier pc\'s

heh.
SO true.

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Originally posted by mm
the sound card for people who watch dvd movies on thier pc\'s

bzzzzt wrong, move along.  


Its the soundcard for people who have systems like Inspire 5500D. "google it" Then take notice of the amount of analog input jacks the receiver has.  But thats ok, u stick to your overpriced Audigy card.

Any current soundcard that has AC3 DECODING like your audigy just has to use the pass through for your dvd movies.  I don\'t need that.  So i guess u must watch a lot of dvd movies on your pc ehh    I need 3 PCM signals to be converted into 1 AC3 signal.

As for watching dvd movies, i have a nice little system for that.

sure, soully
put a spin on it


if you cant afford an audigy, you certainly can\'t afford this one.

and what moron watches dvd\'s on thier pc?

the morons with crappy tvs and nice monitors jerkface

the 17" that came with mom\'s Emachine is hardly "nice"

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The only convenience I would see of watching DVDs on a computer is if you had a laptop.

If you want to watch DVDs on your PC, then I guess one of those 30" Apple displays would suffice.

Also, who gives a sh^t what people do on their PCs?

the 17" that came with mom\'s Emachine is hardly "nice"

Maybe the people who have crappy TVs spent all their money on nice PCs? And I didn\'t see anyone talking about your mom.

didn\'t realize we were taking turns
my apologies

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I think we\'re just bitching at each other. Which is commonplace around these parts.

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mm, there was no spin. its common knowledge that pretty much all of todays current soundcards that have a AC3 decoder, also support passthroughs for recievers to do the decoding instead.  As featured on such cards as Sblive series, Audigy 1/2 Series,  Hercules series etc etc. So theres really no point in buying this card if i was gonna use it for movies, when i could buy a "budget" card like the sblive instead. Although i have one sitting in my 2nd pc.
 
Its simply for gaming and music. I\'ve been waiting ages for a sound card that could support AC3 Encoding in real-time to replace the soundstorm chipset i\'ve been using.  Its been ordered from NSWs, should be here in a few days.    Audigy cards would be totally useless to me, I\'d be getting only stereo in games, i\'m sure the Dolby Pro Logic feature would be nice though :rolleyes:

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My card should be arriving today. I\'ll take a few cam pics and show u guys how big it is compared to a sblive5.1  

I love packages, wooot.


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