Chris Gohlke
11-30-2005, 06:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=25358' target='_blank'>http://www.anandtech.com/news/shownews.aspx?i=25358</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Diamond Multimedia is (re)entering the sound card market with a new lineup of 7.1 solutions. If I remember correctly, I used to have a Diamond MX300 sound card based on an Aureal chipset...but that was many moons ago. The Xtreme Sound 7.1 has a MSRP of $29.95 while the higher-end Xtreme Sound 7.1 DDL (Dolby Digital Live) has a MSRP or $59.95."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/xs71.jpg" /><br /><br />Diamond is back in the sound card business with these two new cards. I have not used a dedicated sound card in years, but if you are looking for one, these look pretty good.