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Amir Abbas
Once upon a time, when talking about high-end sound cards, the only answer one would get was "Creative". Obviously, other producers, like Yamaha, were also producing sound cards for professionals, but Creative always had the largest part of the market, and managed to bring together decent prices and excellent quality. Now, they are facing a serious challenge from Asus, as they just announced new products to arrive in the Xonar family...
In short, the story goes like this - Asus plans to introduce soundcards that can both input and output HDMI, as well as a card with no less than 3 HDMI ports.
One of the first cards to arrive in the near future is the Xonar DX, basically a Xonar D2X cut in half. This card is designed to fit into home entertainment center PCs using the PCIE X1 interface, and it doesn't have the aluminum EM shielding that was practically the D2 and D2X's trademark. Leaving the above aside, Asus will provide gold-plated brackets, as well as a full set of features, including the 4-pin floppy power connector.
A product currently between the hammer and the anvil is the Xonar AV1, a card developed to be the foundation for future Xonar-based products, with capabilities well ahead most consumer and prosumer-level card currently on the market. The Xonar AV1 will come together with a HDAV-DB1 daughterboard, having more than 10 different inferfaces, including two external and one internal HDMI port.
These being said, I am not getting into any additional details for now, because I am sure we'll hear a lot about these products in the future, but one thing is certain: as Sony feels threatened by the Eee PC, Creative may soon feel Asus' breath down its neck...
In short, the story goes like this - Asus plans to introduce soundcards that can both input and output HDMI, as well as a card with no less than 3 HDMI ports.
One of the first cards to arrive in the near future is the Xonar DX, basically a Xonar D2X cut in half. This card is designed to fit into home entertainment center PCs using the PCIE X1 interface, and it doesn't have the aluminum EM shielding that was practically the D2 and D2X's trademark. Leaving the above aside, Asus will provide gold-plated brackets, as well as a full set of features, including the 4-pin floppy power connector.
A product currently between the hammer and the anvil is the Xonar AV1, a card developed to be the foundation for future Xonar-based products, with capabilities well ahead most consumer and prosumer-level card currently on the market. The Xonar AV1 will come together with a HDAV-DB1 daughterboard, having more than 10 different inferfaces, including two external and one internal HDMI port.
These being said, I am not getting into any additional details for now, because I am sure we'll hear a lot about these products in the future, but one thing is certain: as Sony feels threatened by the Eee PC, Creative may soon feel Asus' breath down its neck...
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