After looking at some dimensions for the soundbleaster ae5 the conclusion can be made that it will fit just barely between the gpu and board shroud ( behind the shroud you find all the usb connections and such )
i measured 2,1 cm's and the thing is exactly 2 cm's thick

would this raise any concerns you think? while gaming 50 to 70 degrees C is more then normal for the gpu ....

send creative a mail maybe asking how or if they would recommend such a thing?

my other pcie slot is beneath the gpu and covered by it so that is a no option

For cooling-related questions, you may wish to include details of your case and motherboard to allow others to offer more targeted advice.

Speaking more generally, high-end GPUs can certainly reach temperatures in excess of 70°C and it isn't unreasonable to expect other peripheral manufacturers to take this into account. However it is probably worth checking which side of the Creative card is facing the GPU (the cover or the circuit board) since the cover, being (probably) plastic is more likely to suffer from high temperatures.

Sticking a temperature probe (or two) on the sound card cover is probably the best way to check for potential problems. If the temperature then seems too high, you can consider ways to improve cooling (more/better fans, an All-in-One (AIO) cooler for the GPU or just running with the case cover off and a desktop fan blowing inside). Alternatively, a PCI-Express Extender may allow you more flexibility in positioning that sound card.

Ooooh, those are some very good suggestions good sir.

Pci express extender might be what i am looking for and aio for the gpu would be indeed something to look for in the future, i'm not sure if there is one for the 2060super aorus ( it is a triple fan design ) so far only noticed those as ready solutions for the 2080 and up and custom made for the 2070 founders edition

A return answer, i just found out that i will be able to place the pci card just anywhere in the system, meaning i will probably use my downward pci x 8 slot which usually would have been my sli choice
( will i sli my 2060super ? I wish! ;) )

To summarize;

got the soundcard

soundcard did not work in the pcix4 slot
soundcard did work in the pcix1 slot

ryzne 5 said "vrooom"

felt happy right up until the moment i disabled 5.1 configuration since i'm only listening stereo

all is back to normal now

Now a couple of days later i feel quite satisfied about my purchase

The different sound profiles such as theater, movie, concert, gaming, rpg, rts, night are great for the different games on my setup.... I belief in the end i will choose to differentiate between music movie and gaming with a general night profile but nonetheless i can belief there are audiophiles that really get of on those different impact settings.

Another feature which really proved usefull is setting the general distance between the speakers and my ears. Goodbye is the fear of waking up the whole neighbourhood, or keep them awake at night by accident, since you know, all immersed into some game will lead sometimes to a denying of the outer world.

Since i don't use headphones i won't be able to comment on that section. Maybe i will get a 7.1 set later on or maybe that money will be poored into new creative speakers ( gigaworks T40 for example ). My current creative speakers must be around 7 years old but they don't seem to have any trouble with the output from the card. Virtual surround works quite well creating a immersion in sound i quite missed all this time

For the output of music programs i again can't comment. It's been ages since i composed something in fruityloops for example but i guess it would be more then oke for your average home user

Remember that lower pitch waves have longer wave lengths (measured in meters), so spending a lot of money on giant sub-woofers is pointless (for the gamer, assuming the speakers are next to you) and merely create noise pollution for neighbours (who are far enough away from the source to hear —— and feel —— the bass kicking through the speakers).

7.1 headphones that is. But yes thank you for commenting. i tried that when i was younger and just had my first home.... 5.1 speakerset for the telly, 5.1 set for the pc, all in the same room ;)

Those gigawork speakers are already quite a lot for desktop but they will grant unparallaled precision for only 130 euro's !!!

Prego. :)

Actually, audiophiles turn off these settings because they want to hear the original audio from the game/movie/music/whatever reproduced faithfully and perfectly, 100% unadulterated.

oke oke, i guess you are indeed in posession of the right mindset, must be mistaken with another group then... audiofreaks? basesinners ?

Already created a neutral profile... with a 10% base increase and a 10% increase for the crystal clear option, this options aims at faithfully reproducing the sound as the artist would have liked to see...

In all honesty it is a bit weird to talk about this since some tunes are orchestral and well not every audiophile has the wallet for 10 grand system

The shape of the room and the placement of the loudspeakers matters quite a bit.

Yes it does, my old 5.1 homecinema set came equiped with a microphone which you could use to determine the center of the room. The set would autoadjust to create the perfect immersion.

With these guys i just wondered if i would take a circular approach ( though not really with a surface of one square meter ) or just set them straight next to the monitor ( it is a desktop afterall ) ended up with straight. I did set the distance to 1.10 m after which i let the sound play on a fairly loud level for my feeling when seated, afterwards moved through the house and was very content with the almost absence of sound anywhere else. Even the bass managed to hit my ears but not travel to other rooms