Topics:#sound-card

Having incredible visuals is half the gaming experience, find out how to get great audio too!

ASUS has a new Echelon 7.1 USB sound card for gamers that includes Sonic Radar technology and dedicated headphone amplifier. For those wanting to add something to an older gaming PC or notebook, USB is the ticket to an easy upgrade. For the full details see inside.

ROG has just launched its new Xonar Phoebus Solo sound card. It's the same Phoebus tech underneath - 118dB SNR and 600 ohm headphone amp - but without the desktop controller, so if you were always after a gaming sound card only - the 'Solo is the one to get.

Watch the official video of the Xonar Phoebus and let us know what you think in the forums!

The Republic of Gamers Modus Operandi is to always provide the ultimate PC hardware. At first it was via motherboards like the Rampage and Maximus series, later graphics cards like the Matrix, MARS & ARES, and now the Xonar team has submitted sound cards into the mix, with its Xonar Phoebus. Here are the technical details behind why this card is premium grade technology.