If you take audio seriously then the onboard processing on many motherboards simply wont deliver an immersive enough experience. Today we look at the mid range solution in the new range from ASUS – dubbed the Strix RAID Pro. This card has full support for 7.1 surround sound. Asus have adopted an ‘audiophile grade DAC’ and a 600 ohm headphone amplifier to enhance audio reproduction through your favourite cans.
Initially I thought the word ‘RAID’ in the product name may have had something to do with storage or installing the sound cards in multiple configurations – but we can put that theory to bed now. It appears to have more of an association with gamers, who like to ‘RAID’ – that being a number of people attempting to defeat a boss monster or consecutive series of bosses.
