Asus Rampage III vs Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 vs Creative X-Fi Titanium

[QAOSbringer]

Rampage III has an onboard sound card, Xonar and X-Fi are internal sound cards.
ASUS Rampage III Extreme motherboard:
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=jy0uafxYBCrJwksC&templete=2
ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 Deluxe sound card:
http://www.asus.com/product.aspx?P_ID=QY0Ud4MG0DMfXNiQ&templete=2
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional:
http://us.store.creative.com/PCI-Express-Sound-Blaster-XFi-Titanium/M/B0018EFGTM.htm

So, for playing games and watching movies, which one should be better?

I am planning to use Steelseries Headphone: http://www.steelseries.com/int/products/audio/7h/information or Logitech Speaker: http://www.logitech.com/en-us/speakers_audio/home_pc_speakers/devices/224 with the computer. So think these two item for the sound card selection. But, perhaps I may extend the functions for the sound card for different purposes in the future. Therefore a flexible sound card would be very good. I will not create music with guitar, I am not a musician. But I may try for media (casette or similar stuff) conversions, watching blu-ray disks, connecting console or music systems...
So, the card I want, should not have limited functions, but it don't need to be designed for music creating or studio equipment purposes.

What will be your suggestion for selecting one of these cards?

If we look to the specifications of these cards,

Asus Rampage:
- 8-Channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Blu-ray audio layer Content Protection
- Supports Jack-Detection, Multi-streaming, Front Panel Jack-Retasking
- Supports 1 Optical S/PDIF out port at back I/O

Asus Xonar:
- Output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-Weighted) Up to 120 dB
- Compliant with HDMI v1.3a industrial standard
- HDCP 1.2 compatible
- DVI 1.0 compatible
- RCA jack *8
- Line-In/Mic-In 3.50mm mini jack *1
- CD-In, Aux-In (4-pin header on the card)
- Coaxial and High-bandwidth Optical Combo Connector

Creative X-Fi:
- EAX Advanced HD 5.0
- Analog output Signal-to-Noise Ratio (A-weighted) 109dB
- Line in / Microphone in (shared 1/8" mini jack)
- Speaker out (4x 1/8" mini jacks)
- Optical out (TOSLINK)
- Optical in (TOSLINK)
- Intel HD Audio Compatible Front Panel Header (2x5pin)

 

[saaiello]

Ok first off this really depends on your speaker setup. If you go the headphone route you will want a soundcard with a built in headphone amp. If you decide you are gonna go with the Z 500 which are tuely amazing speakers I have a set of them and love them the sound quality is really good. I use the Creative X-Fi Titanium to run them via analog connection. For gaming the X-Fi cards will give a little better perfomance then any other cards and sound amazing.

Sound Cards for Headphones
HT | OMEGA Claro Halo
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271004

ASUS Xonar Essence ST
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132014

These two cards will give you some of the best quality you can get and will be good for headphone use and speaker use. If you plan on not using headphones then I wouldnt bother spending this much for a card.

Soundcard for speakers no headphone amp
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019

ASUS Xonar D2X 7.1 Channels
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132005

HT | OMEGA STRIKER 7.1
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829271001

Anyone of these cards would be a great buy I personaly use the X-Fi and love it.

 

[davcon]

I use this card that competes with any of the aforementioned cards

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=35596&vpn=AZTXFF7105551&manufacture=AuzenTech&promoid=1031

 

[saaiello]

I use this card that competes with any of the aforementioned cards

http://www.ncixus.com/products/?sku=35596&vpn=AZTXFF7105551&manufacture=AuzenTech&promoid=1031

Auzen cards are great they give second to none sound quality but can be a bit pricey and are not sold everywhere, but you can not go wrong with an AuzenTech card as well.

Just remember when you are choosing cards that if you plan on using high end headphones you will need a card with a built in Amp.