Nice!

Is there an alternative front panel header location that I'm not seeing?  

The long awaited audio card! 

MSim Can we get your approval here
 

ComboSlicer
Tempting, would love to know the price as well

PCWorld is saying $250 ($200 for Elite members).
 
https://www.pcworld.com/article/3331898/computers/evga-nu-audio-sound-card.html
 

Considering that Audio Note makes amplifiers which cost 95 thousand dollars per pair I was expecting a price which can cause a blackout whoever will see the price.

Finally, been looking for a new audio solution to try out! 

Audio cards have been pretty stagnant the last few years. My eyes are pleased but my ears are not!

SLI support in games is non existing by now. Even if one uses single card and single NVMe drive then they can still use this audio card.

MQA is proprietary
 
And I used SLI in gaming for 2 years in Maxwell age, wasn't great.

SprayingMango
It looks like an amazing card but...why? Onboard audio or external DAC / Amps are all people use these days. Those of us with NVLINK / SLI setups + NVME drives can't use internal cards due to a lack of available PCIe lanes. If you made something like this in an external form factor I would buy it without hesitation. 

Spraying Mango I think this is what you are looking for if you are looking for great headphone audio
 
https://www.bursonaudio.com/products/play/

As for modding you can swap out the opamps with these guys - https://www.bursonaudio.com/products/supreme-sound-opamp-v6/
Might require a little cover modding for the v6 versions
 
 

This.....
 

SprayingMango
It looks like an amazing card but...why? Onboard audio or external DAC / Amps are all people use these days. Those of us with NVLINK / SLI setups + NVME drives can't use internal cards due to a lack of available PCIe lanes. If you made something like this in an external form factor I would buy it without hesitation. 

GGTV-Jon
@EVGATech_EddieH I do not see and actual wattage number on the specs
 
As to the front panel header, as Tribbs said it is right in the middle of the card just to the left of the EVGA NU Audio LED
 

Why would they put the front panel header there? It mars an otherwise nice looking sound card. 

SprayingMango

the_Scarlet_one

SprayingMango
It looks like an amazing card but...why? Onboard audio or external DAC / Amps are all people use these days. Those of us with NVLINK / SLI setups + NVME drives can't use internal cards due to a lack of available PCIe lanes. If you made something like this in an external form factor I would buy it without hesitation. 

Believe it or not, not everyone uses onboard audio or external DAC/Amps, and not everyone is limited to z series motherboards. Most users don’t have 2 video cards, and many (not most) have x series motherboard that have plenty of extra PCI lanes, so there is plenty of space to fit extra pci devices without hindering anything.

Only Z series motherboard are limited to what you mention, so.. plenty of people could easily use this.

Even with an X series board, which I have, I’ve run out of lanes with my NVLink and NVME drives populated. SLI support is the best it’s been in years also. People that do not use SLI always love to spread misinformation and comment on things they have no experience with.

This audio card does not even support MQA so streaming Tidal or other lossless audio will effectively be 13 bit.

 
MQA is junk, it's a good thing this card does not support it. Are there any streaming services out there that "actually" provide true lossless audio at a minimum quality of redbook 16bit/44.1khz? Frankly, the sooner people realize that FLAC is the way to go the better.
 
This card honestly hits all the right notes that a sound card SHOULD have. The swappable opamps is a really cool feature that power users will love, the 600ohm max headphone impedance is awesome for users with headphones that require more drive such as the Sennheiser HD600s, DSD output support, has all the right input recording formats and resolutions.
 
Coming from someone who has quite a bit of experience with audio equipment (both analog and digital), I would be all over this if I were looking for an internal sound card. I just have no need personally as I have a stupid amount of audio equipment already that does everything this does and more, and the PCIE lane limitation on the mainstream chipsets is most definitely a factor, especially as it sounds like SLI support may potentially increase with current and future gen GPUs.

I have Corsair SP2500 2.1 speakers and a pair of V-MODA Crossfade M-100 headphones. Would I benefit from a soundcard or is my equipment too "low end?"
 
I haven't had a dedicated sound card since 2013.