TechSpot has posted a review on the Hercules Digifire 7.1 sound card

Despite of the fact it was introduced a year ago, the Digifire 7.1 remains as Hercules' flagship card, based on the Cirrus Logic CS4624 chipset, the Digifire 7.1 offers sound output for up to 8 channels like its name describes, that can translate in support for Dolby Digital EX decoding (7.1), up to par even with latest offerings from Creative Labs and M-Audio.

Perhaps one of the biggest selling points in the Digifire are the 3 FireWire ports which Hercules hints can be used to connect a DV camcorder and create "professional-quality videos" using the bundled PowerDirector Pro software.

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