Re: [alsa-devel] looking for advice on buying a card

Dmitri Seletski wrote:

I am thinking to buy pci express sound card.

The Asus Xonar cards are the only supported PCI-E cards.

Nothing fancy,

That rules out the D2X.

just something with dolby surround 7.1

Now the only choice is the DX.

Is it painful to get it running?

No, it's standard PCI Plug&Play.

does it work fully(does microphone work, does surround sound 7.1 work?)?

Yes.

Is there something better for similar money?

There is nothing else (assuming that you do not want to pay more for the D2X just to get an S/PDIF input and colorful LEDs in the jacks).

Best regards, Clemens