Asus come out a new products that is Asus Xonar DX PCI Express 7.1 Audio Card which selling at $89(RM285.00) . It supports X1, X4, X8, X16 PCI Express Rev.1.0a with max. full 2.5Gbps bandwidth per direction and optimized latency for high-definition audio processing. Its Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) 116 dB for Front-out and 112dB for other channels.

Asus 7.1 Audio Card support Dolby Digital Live encodes any audio signal on PC in real-time to Dolby Digital (AC3) 5.1 surround sounds to your home theater environment through one single S/PDIF connection. It also using Xonar DX provides VocalFX, the latest vocal effect technologies for gaming and VoIP, including: -VoiceEX: produces vivid environmental reverberation for your voice in EAX games -ChatEX: emulates different background environment effects when you chat online -Magic Voice: changes your voice pitch to different types (Monster/Cartoon…) for disguising your real voice or just for fun in online chatting.

Besides that, it is also suitable for 3D gaming with the DirectSound3D® GX 2.0 & 1.0, EAX®2.0&1.0, DirectSound® HW, DirectSound SW, A3D®1.0, OpenAL generic modes, 128 3D sounds processing capability.

The bundled Software for Asus Xonar DX PCI Express Card is:
Portable Music Processor Lite utility
Converts digital music content or CD audio into regular MP3/WMA files with Dolby Headphone, Dolby Virtual Speaker (w/ Pro-Logic II), and Smart Volume Normalization processing (Windows Media Player 10 or above is required)

MCE Software Kit
Software kit with 10-ft GUI for Windows Media Center Edition

RightMark Audio Analyzer 6.0.6
Easy but powerful software intended for testing the quality of audio equipments

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