GO ASUS GO!!!
After hearing this, I'd buy one of your sound card instead of Creative's X-Crap

Thats because you dont understand they are selling you software crap and using bunch of hypes and lies to convince people that software solution is better because its more compatible. In that case we can use Software Reference Rasterizer and even with worst integrateg graphics 10 years old you would have all features of todays best graphics cards, also all game would run perfectly without any compatibility problems. BUT ITS SLOW! Thats why there are graphics cards, sound cards, I/O hardware, etc, etc, because although all that can be done in software its SLOW. So this ASUS crap is another taiwan CRAP which if adopted by fools will destroy Creative and we will lose good sound forever. Actually for solution they offer you dont need sound card at ALL. They could be selling software which just installs and you get same shit like with their card. Why did they make cards? Well to sell them to people who do not understand basic things, and maybe because of ports (in that case Xonar should cost $7, and should be named audio port card).

Kudos to Asus....
Finally someone is hearing customers voice.
The point of a sound card is not just the effects, but also the sound quality, which Asus is catching up way to fast for Creative to catch up....

Go Asus Go!!

go bankrupt Creative, go! may the Aureal ghost haunt you forever!

I just do not believe anyone over 12 years of age could get excited over yet another ridiculous marketing claim from ASUS. Unless you (:o, ava, kudos and co.) are high on crack. In this case please note the after-effects of using crack include anxiety, paranoia and panic attacks. It is good to see you guys are high and could wet yourselves over some BS marketing claims, this time round from ASUS,
but coke aint good for you. It is not worth it, even for the sake of having that job.

The new Xonar DX $89 only, I'll give it a try what every you guys think. I'm just fed up by the noise comes out from my onboard audio to my headphone whenever i move my mouse or HDD reads. But, that's still better than my Creative experience.

Creative? not in another million years. I think Creative is one of the most pathetic standard owner in the IT industry.

As to Asus, I don't see them doing anytihing wrong at least they seems to make some nice card and aslo seems getting better.

All PS3 and X360 do their audio work via software routines. But the actual experience of gaming audio in these consoles so far are far better than any Creative offering. Notice that both PS3 and 360 can output Dolby Digital 5.1 real time why Creative can't!

I have no idea how come Creative can charge over $200 for their crappie sound card.