Quote Originally Posted by shiznit93 View Post
pci-e overkill for soundcards,
lol - overkill has nothing to do with it - its about getting rid of a crummy bus/way of connecting peripherals & expansion cards etc - every time i look up expansion cards etc for my PC, i have to be wary of the PCI bus max & the fact that *all* slots *share* that one dam bus

Quote Originally Posted by shiznit93 View Post
I believe Creative has said they tried pci-e and the added overhead did more harm than good.
link? sounds a lil off..



Quote Originally Posted by lowfat View Post
exactly. If he doesn't want a PCI slot they leaves him with really one choice with a soundcard, the Xonar. And I'd prefer my Prelude thanks.
http://www.virtuavia.eu/shop/index.p...id=29855&sl=EN