ASUS previews the XONAR HDAV1.3

[PV5150]

ASUS has unveiled the world’s first HDMI 1.3a compliant audio/video enhancement combo card.

Details in the news article

 

[niky_d]

I would like to have one for sure, but the prize is going to be a little out of my league I think.

 

[Hassan]

Soundblaster is better I must say

 

[Rastalovich]

Like to see this run up against something like an MSI 8xxx series card that already has HDMI audio spdif pass-through.

 

[FarFarAway]

Hmm perhaps against a 2900XT, that does 5.1 onboard??

So this is a video and audio out card? Am I understanding correctly?

 

[cybermaniac]

how exactly does the video side of things work on this beast?

Does it complement my grfx card? Or is it a card that specifically deals with things like AVI etc (dealing with upscaling, and pc blu-ray drives)?