Nice to see lately all Motherboards take audio a bit more seriously. ALC 1150 with protective shield, isolating the audio circuitry and amps... Extremely hard to find a difference let's say, against Sound Blaster Z. Especially whilst Creative is notorious about not supporting their own hardware, software-wise.

Nice to see lately all Motherboards take audio a bit more seriously. ALC 1150 with protective shield, isolating the audio circuitry and amps... Extremely hard to find a difference let's say, against Sound Blaster Z. Especially whilst Creative is notorious about not supporting their own hardware, software-wise.

They are getting there but they're still no match for a dedicated sound card imho. Gigabyte is definitely running at the front of the pack on audio but a little behind on support

The Z97 SOC Force looked like it only had 8 phases, and this thing has 24? Gigabyte please.

Hi "Name" Thank you for contacting Creative. Our target date for the release of the driver for Sound Blaster ZxR in Windows 10 is by August. You may refer to the link below. Solution ID: 126331 Windows® 10 - Software Availability Chart http dot dot //support.creative dot com/kb/ShowArticle.aspx?sid=126331

I guess the jokes on you. Many people are enjoying great sound with Z/ZXr cards on 10 using 8.1 drivers.