Asus Vs Creative

[Thorsson]

It's not even as I'm short of cash; my holiday job made me in three weeks what many of my friends make working saturdays all year...

What is this marvellous holiday job? Anyway XFi Platinum or stick with onboard is my opinion. And don't put any money in an online bank.

[gnoofz]

It depends what onboard audio you have, what speakers you have, whether you play games or only listen to music and several other factors. For a careful listener the sound card is still a better option compared to onboard audio - unless you take the digital path and stream the signal optically to a high quality receiver.

Well my speakers costs a paltry £30 a few years back... so i'm guessing I won't hear the difference unless I strain my ears on my speakers? I'd be doing both gaming and listening to music, but nothing lossless.

[Powderhound]

Filing medical records at the local hospital...

I'll try and order the new kit ASAP, but I'm a bit tied up with other stuff at the moment, so I wouldn't wait for me to be the guinea pig.

[DDY]

What is this marvellous holiday job? Anyway XFi Platinum or stick with onboard is my opinion. And don't put any money in an online bank.

You mean X-Fi Titanium right? Platinum has been discontinued!

[Thorsson]

Er yeah. Tits not Plats.

[Olmy]

I just can't recommend the Xonar DX for gaming and I don't see why anyone else is. As has already been mentioned it has issues with numerous games on XP and Vista, regardless of whether the games have EAX or not. The driver updates are infrequent and of poor quality - people having issues with games like Mass Effect are still waiting for a fix for the problems despite Asus's claims in their driver release notes.