Xonar D2 Sound Card
The ASUS Xonar D2 audio card, designed to be the best audio card for gaming and home entertainment, provides unprecedented 118dB In/Out SNR audio quality and features for games, music, and movies. Combining 192k/24bit ultra-fidelity input and output, with a suite of Dolby and DTS sound technologies and abundant valuable software; the Xonar D2 is well-designed to upgrade your PC to a powerful and high-quality Home Entertainment Center, at a level which onboard audio or other sound cards can never reach. Versatile Dolby/DTS Audio Technologies for Game, Music, and Video Accurate 3D sound positioning and hardware acceleration for PC gaming Legally backup your digital music with Dolby Headphone or Dolby Virtual Speaker effects added Real-time DDL and DTS Connect encoders for amazing gaming and surround sounds over your Home Theater System
Xonar D2 Sound Card Accessories
 Logitech Z-5500 THX-Certified 505-Watt 5.1 Digital Surround Sound Speaker System
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Quad-Core Processor, 2.40 GHz, 8M L2 Cache, LGA 775
Western Digital WD5000AAKS 500GB Caviar Sata 7200 Rpm 16MB Cache SATA Hard Drive
Terminator - The Sarah Connor Chronicles - The Complete First Season [Blu-ray]
Verbatim CD-R 80MIN 700MB 52X 100pk Spindle
GRID
Xonar Dx Channel Pcie 24BIT 7.1
Razer Exactmat with Exactrest Gaming Mouse Pad & Wrist Rest--Black
Sennheiser HD-555 Audiophile Headphones
Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
Xonar D2 Sound Card Reviews
I upgraded from a Audigy 2 and am using a headphone jack to RCA splitter running to an integrated amplifier and high quality tower speakers. Really a big difference from before. This card is great. Awesome sound quality and hearing the subtle sounds missing before in music and in games. I can't personally compare it to the high end Creative Pro card, but from all the research I've done it blows all the Creative products away, is cheaper, and there's even a beta driver for EAX 5.0 so in case that's an issue.
Unlike the X-Fi, this card is designed for 32 AND 64-bit computers. I got this card to replace an X-Fi Fatal1ty card. The X-Fi also delivers greater performance in gaming. PC users will also benefit from this, the card has Dolby Headphone and a Virtual Speaker which delivers incredible sound quality in any environment.
However, the difference is negligible. You can also turn on the memory hole (if you have 4GB or more of RAM) and not have to deal with the snapping, crackling, hissing, and popping noises. Finally, the audio controls included in the driver package allow users to tweak the sound to perfection. Third, if you are a digital music creator, the Xonar comes with a whole suite of music creation software which makes the steep price tag worth it even more. The Xonar only supports up to EAX 2 not EAX 5. To Creative X-Fi owners, this means you can turn on Cool n' Quiet without popping.
First of all, it includes many of the Dolby technologies designed for home theaters. The Xonar is superior to it in many ways. This is a small issue as most games don't support it anyway. Second, the drivers for this card are solid. The only thing this card doesn't do as well as an X-Fi is gaming.
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