Regardless, it's still overpriced. The big draw of the x-Fi is for audio recording or for gamers to offload audio processing from their CPU. You'd probably have to be a pretty heavy audiophile to notice the difference.
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The real news is how they're trying to rip us off. $125? WTF, that costs nearly as much as their high end sound cards.
Don't you mean half as much?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102015
Regardless, it's still overpriced. The big draw of the x-Fi is for audio recording or for gamers to offload audio processing from their CPU. You'd probably have to be a pretty heavy audiophile to notice the difference.