sound card

[Farmer Mick]

so my mobo has pretty quiet onboard sound so i guess i have to buy a new soundcard

 

 

anyone got any suggestions? i dont want anything expensive

[Chaoz`]

well if it doesn't have to be anything expensive, this is a good choice, i have this 1 aswell and it's really good it can support 7.1 Surround has loads of different options and such.

 

Scan.co.uk: Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy SE Sound Card - 70SB057002003

 

here are also some other good cheap ones:

 

Scan.co.uk: Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio PCI Sound Card - 30SB079200000

 

Scan.co.uk: Asus Xonar DG Surround Sound Card - PCI - 90-YAA0K0-0UAN0BZ

 

you can't do anything worng with ASUS or Creative.

[Farmer Mick]

also has to be compatable with win7 64bit

 

im really only going to be using headphones and itll just be music and gaming,

 

i was looking at the audigy se but i saw a few people saying that it wasnt working with win7/64bit systems can someone confirm/deny this rumour

 

 

also i heard that amplified sound cards provide a better sound anyone know anything about this??

[Chaoz`]

i'm not sure about 64-bit Win 7 but 32-bit works perfect, the Windows Update even finds the driver for you, which should work on 64-bit OS's.

 

although i'm not sure.

 

an amplified soundcard does give a better sound quality but it is not needed if you're only going to use the soundcard with your headphones.

[Farmer Mick]

looked at a few reviews about the xonar dg and it seems like a really good cheap sound card i guess this is the one to beat right now, wanna see what others say/recommend

[Chaoz`]

yes true the ASUS Xonar DG is a really good soundcard, can't get any better in that pricerange, it is equal to the Creative Audigy soundcard.