[Subatomic]

Ok, so long story short, at the start of the year I decided after much umming and ahhing to buy the Creative X-Fi Titanium HD. Great card, sounds brilliant, don't regret it. But today, I was lucky enough to nab a brand new Asus Xonar STX for $30 (you might have heard about the big floods that happened at the start of the year in Brisbane, 1/4 of the city went under etc etc, big computer store went under and lost all its stock, today they had a floodsale of all the stock they had left, including lots of flood damaged stuff, found the card sitting in a box, untouched, no marks on it, completely sealed, the card even smells new)

So, what should I do? Which card do I keep? Don't really have use for 2, it was just such a massive bargain, I couldn't say no Haven't tried the STX out yet, still testing out RAM atm.
 
Thoughts?

 

[audionewbieyao]

how about give STX a try and let us know?

 

[NamelessPFG]

The only way to know for sure is to try it out for yourself.
 
If you need EAX 3/4/5 support for older games, though, you'll likely be more satisfied with the X-Fi Titanium HD. Otherwise, it's a toss-up as to which card's sound signature and features (in particular, CMSS-3D Headphone vs. Dolby Headphone) you prefer, and only your ears can decide that.