The X Mystique 7.1 Gold?s first claim to fame is support for real time Dolby Digital Live encoding in hardware. As avid HTPC users, we just had to see for ourselves if there might finally be some competition for Creative. We found the card at FrozenCPU for $99.00 US and placed an order. Although we will also test this card in several games, our primary focus will be on HTPC usage.

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