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Originally Posted by
BababooeyHTJ 
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Originally Posted by
Simca
The TiHD is an amazing value card for the quality it produces and the price it's set at. Destroys the STX in terms of value. It's about as good of a value as the DX, but better quality. Higher price ofc.
The AD700s are NOT a must have with a DG. I don't know who told you that. That's simply wrong.
For what price? The $80 that you were looking for used a while back or the actual almost $200 msrp?
The fact that the card has issues down mixing a 5.1 signal killed its value for me.
At 130 dollars it's tremendous value. It's on par with the STX in terms of music quality and it's one of the most top notch cards for gaming available on the market. It's 50 dollars cheaper than an STX.
Creative also has custom drivers for those that are crying about drivers.
Why would it not be great value? Because it doesn't allow for 5.1 surround sound via speakers? Who here plays on 5.1 speakers and has anything better than a Logitech pair of speakers? Some might have bought the Klipsch ProMedia 5.1 Ultra but most people wanitng 5.1 via speakers have logitech speakers in which case the TiHD is then overkill for your speakers.
Most places now sell the TiHD for 148. That still puts it at 32 dollars less expensive than the STX. And the STX doesn't have 5.1 neither. You'd need to buy the more expensive ST and then buy the H6 adapter to get 5.1
As far as gaming goes, going Asus isn't really a solution to hardcore gamers. So even if you go with the DX, you're not getting the quality gaming experience you would with Creative so 5.1 quickly becomes not so useful.
Edited by Simca - 5/26/12 at 10:49pm
