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This is a full-profile, PCI-E soundcard. This does not have 7.1 surround sound support, but the quality Sound Core 3D/Cirrus Logic DAC combo, 5.1 surround sound support, a powerful headphone amp and optical connection support makes this a good upgrade over your motherboard audio.
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Pros
Pro Produces good audio quality that is clean with minimal distortion
With this soundcard, audio will sound clear and positional audio in movies and games will also be improved. The Cirrus Logic DAC used produces clear audio with very little to no distortion. Also, this sound card enhances sound stage and audio separation compared to on-motherboard audio.
Pro SBX Pro Studio software offers a lot of audio enhancement features
Creative's audio software offers a lot of control over the sound card's features including audio enhancements, 5.1 surround sound options as well as EQ adjustments. This will allow you to customize many aspects of your audio experience with the sound card.
The software is cleanly laid-out and is intuitive to use.
Pro Reduces CPU audio processing overhead
This sound card has a dedicated quad-core processor which takes the audio processing load off the CPU. This frees up CPU resources for optimal computer performance while also providing high quality, delay-free audio along with additional audio effects/enhancements.
Cons
Con Short warranty period
Creative provides 12 months of warranty, compared to 36 months of warranty for ASUS soundcards.
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