news 28 Posted June 2, 2008 Hi all, As part of our continuing *Computex 2008 coverage*, we have just published an early look at some of the products that will be at the show- if you could post a link on your site that would be very much appreciated. *Link:* http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/2008/06/02/computex-2008-psp/1 *Picture:* http://images.bit-tech.net/content_images/2008/06/computex-2008-psp/fp_img.jpg *Quote: */"Building on the success of its Xonar D2, D2X and more recently, the DX, Asus will launch the Xonar D1 this month. It's a PCI based version of the Xonar DX <#> that we recently reviewed and we're told that it will be priced aggressively to target the alternative Creative cards in the same price range. Asus believes that, by July, its audio range will be in a position to finally claim the trumps over Creative from top to bottom -- the guys from the Xonar team we met were certainly very fired up with ideas and stories of the Xonar development spilling out from everywhere. One thing Asus has listened to is the feedback on its PCI-Express cards which are right now shipping into the channel with a floppy power to Molex adapter and all new future board designs will feature a Molex power connector instead. It's a little more frustrating to use, but Asus was adamant that because it keeps the grounding separate, the quality improves. Since the primary target is audio fidelity, this is an important goal even if it's at the expense of a little usability. With regards to gaming, Asus is not stopping with its GX3D 2.0 engine that emulates EAX 5.0. The upcoming GX 3.0 is also in the works to provide "even better features", although the Asus representatives remained tight-lipped as to what these were."/ * *Cheers guys! Tim Smalley www.bit-tech.net Share this post Link to post
