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Oh and surround sound simulation is of no importance to me. I don't know if that affects your suggestion.
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What makes a sound card so much better than integrated sound?
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Originally posted by: Kenak
What makes a sound card so much better than integrated sound?
Onboard sound is usually handled by the south bridge chipset of the mobo, and can suffer from interference from other devices that are connected to it. Discrete soundcards are on their own PCI connection and are fed with power and data separately, and signal tends to be more "pure". Of course, most modern day onboard chips are usually good enough such that you can't spot the difference anyway.
Sound cards also tend to have features like EAX which (cheap) onboard sound simply doesn't include.
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Originally posted by: [size=3]UrQuan[/size]
Forget about the sound cards you can buy at normal electronics retailers. Go to Guitar Center. Or just click here.I swear by M-Audio for professional-grade, affordable audio gear. Das says pro audio cards are overkill for games, but I disagree. I use the M-Audio Delta 66 with Beyer dynamic DT 770 PRO headphones. I can hear everything and more. I've never had to update firmware or drivers, I've never experienced compatibility issues with any game, and I probably won't need to upgrade to a new sound card anytime in the near or distant future. The right pro audio cards are sound investments. [That pun was honestly not intended!] Plus, with an external digital I/O hub you don't have to screw around with the backside of your computer when you need to change around your cables.
You can try M-Audio's gaming sound cards if you don't want to shell out the money for the Delta 66, but I can't promise anything with those. They've also got more products than just what I've mentioned. If you want to go all-out with state-of-the-art headphones, go with Ultrasone's PROline 2500. Ultrasone uses S-Logic Natural Surround Sound Technology, which you can read about here. Sorry, probably off track, but if you want an entertainment experience that does not ever disappoint, don't waste away on Creative Labs or whatever else is sold at Best Buy.
Really depends on what you want to do with your sound card
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Originally posted by: [size=3]Daemonikan[/size]
Forget about the sound cards you can buy at normal electronics retailers. Go to Guitar Center. Or just click here.I swear by M-Audio for professional-grade, affordable audio gear. Das says pro audio cards are overkill for games, but I disagree. I use the M-Audio Delta 66 with Beyer dynamic DT 770 PRO headphones. I can hear everything and more. I've never had to update firmware or drivers, I've never experienced compatibility issues with any game, and I probably won't need to upgrade to a new sound card anytime in the near or distant future. The right pro audio cards are sound investments. [That pun was honestly not intended!] Plus, with an external digital I/O hub you don't have to screw around with the backside of your computer when you need to change around your cables.
You can try M-Audio's gaming sound cards if you don't want to shell out the money for the Delta 66, but I can't promise anything with those. They've also got more products than just what I've mentioned. If you want to go all-out with state-of-the-art headphones, go with Ultrasone's PROline 2500. Ultrasone uses S-Logic Natural Surround Sound Technology, which you can read about here. Sorry, probably off track, but if you want an entertainment experience that does not ever disappoint, don't waste away on Creative Labs or whatever else is sold at Best Buy.
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UrQuan is too cool for school.
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Honestly, I used a creative card in Vista and it worked just fine. It requires some tweaking, but overall the sound quality on a creative labs card is MUCH better than the competition. Unfortunately I had to downgrade from Vista because a random windows update ended up updating the firmware on my NIC. (It sounds farfetched, just google it. Happens on all types of boards/brands). After that, I was unable to boot into windows, and got a blue screen instead. I couldn't figure out the problem right away, I even formatted a couple of times.
I even installed XP, and STILL could not boot into windows.
Eventually after some googling I found out the problem, and had to reflash my NIC in order to be able to use windows (XP or VISTA)
Needless to say I will not be using Vista for a VERY long time.
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