The Asus Xonar D2/PM 7.1 PCI
sound card comes complete with Dolby/DTS sound technologies with
signal-to-noise ratio of 118db audio quality. The card’s
high-definition audio processing, rated at 192KHz/24Bit, is the best
audio card for gaming and home entertainment. It even has 3D sound
positioning and hardware acceleration along with real-time DDL and
DTS encoders for amazing gaming and surround sound over home theater
and/or PC 5.1 audio systems. The Xonar D2 is designed to upgrade the
PC to a powerful and high-quality home entertainment center, which
other consumer-based soundcards will never be able to surpass. (Go
to www.manilatimes.net; click Tech Times for the video)
Performance
Build and quality
Value for money
TECH TIMES’ INTEL TEST LAB PC
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.66GHz
E6700 RAM: Kingston HyperX KHX11000D3LLk2 DDR3 512MB x4 1066MHz HDD:
WD Caviar SE16 500GB x2 EIDE/SATA Motherboard: Asus P5K3 Deluxe
DVD-RW: Asus DRW-1608P Video: Asus ATI EAX1950XTX LCD: Dual 19"
LG Flatron L194WT Speakers: Behringer MS16 CPU Cooler: Asus VR Guard
PSU: Ultra X3 600W UPS: APC-MGE Smart UPS SUA1000i OS: Microsoft
Windows Vista Ultimate.
