I ended up buying both of these cards and weighed them up against each other.

IMO: for music you simply cant beat the STX, it sounds AMAZING. But its crux is games. I tested about 7 games and id say the STX was average to good.

As for the Forte, it does music very good, but no where near as good as the STX.
For games; the Forte owns, every game game played perfect.

The Forte makes you want to play all your GAMES again to hear what you have been missing.
The STX makes you want to listen to all your MUSIC again to hear what you have been missing.
One downside to the STX is that you’ll want to rip all your music again at a higher bit rate (it’s that good, you CAN notice the difference).

Depends what you want the card for really?
- im a gamer, so i have kept the Forte and I sold the STX.

I posted my review here:
http://forums.overclockers.com.au/sh...d.php?t=766494
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