Just spotted this over at Guru3D, seems Asus have another high-end card in the works... and might be aimed at headphone use, not too sure at this point. Guru3D news article News article was sourced from Japanese website PC Watch: PC Watch Japanese article Anyway, looks interesting...

Hi all, have been considering buying an external DAC for use with my PC as the EMI noise caused by other PC components is a bit irritating. I'm currently using a Xonar D2 soundcard connected to a headphone amp. However, I'm curious as to whether there would be any point keeping the Xonar if...