Philips Acoustic Edge

This soundcard uses the ThunderBird Avenger-SAA7785 PCI audio chip. It offers 5.1 speaker support without a decoder, for all computer applications (MP3, MIDI, games, movies, etc.). It supports up to 96 concurrent 3D streams and has 3D algorithms for 2, 4, 5.1 speakers or headphones. Comes with support for DS3D, A3D 1.0, EAX 1.0, EAX 2.0, and I3D2. Also supports 256 DirectSound streams and up to 576 wavetable voices. Comes with an integrated game port.

Neoseeker Editor's Take
The Acoustic Edge is powered by Philips’ own SAA7785 ThunderBird Avenger DSP chip. This audio accelerator can process 256 sounds simultaneously and actually offloads digital mixing and Directsound processing from your CPU. This becomes important when you consider that the card has some sophisticated features that would otherwise put added stress on your system. »Read Full Article