Need a new Sound Card
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CookieCrumb




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PostPosted: Sun, 11th Jan 2009 23:59    Post subject: Need a new Sound Card
Hiya there follks,
so my sound card bit the dust for whatever reason (worthless piece of shit anyway...) so i need a new one.
Any recommendations? Was thinking about a sound blaster x-fi xtreme music but they seem hard to get these days or is an x-fi xtreme gamer worth the extra bucks?
Or is there some completly different manufacterer that i should consider?
(it's main use is just games & music but it'll be occasionally used for recording so I need one that supports - what's it called - "stereo mix" or "what you hear" or something like that)

thanks in advance.
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LeoNatan
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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 00:22    Post subject:
If you're using Vista, going Creative is really not that worthwhile. Creative used to dominate the market because of their EAX tech, but now that they have been middlefingered by MS in Vista (and W7), the smarter move would be to get a cheaper, yet better sounding sound card.

(Just a tip, don't have some names right now, but I remember there were some tests done on sound cards. Auzentech are nice, but I think they are not cheap.)
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Big_Gun




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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 02:06    Post subject:
Nowadays, most onboard sound is pretty good.


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Frant
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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 02:11    Post subject:
Asus Xonar?

http://techreport.com/articles.x/14500


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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 03:08    Post subject:
asus or razer. Don't buy anything from creative


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Veki




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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 09:33    Post subject:
Terratec Aureon : LINK

SpykeZ wrote:
Don't buy anything from creative


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NoLiMiTSoLDieR




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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 10:11    Post subject:
Xonar or Xfi XtremeMusic
If u go for X-fi, take the XtremeMusic.

Sound is super with these cards.
Onboard is reasonable, but sounds like trash if ur an audio junkie.
Most noticable in BASS (a fart can produce more)


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SpykeZ




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PostPosted: Mon, 12th Jan 2009 16:06    Post subject:
Veki wrote:

SpykeZ wrote:
Don't buy anything from creative


QFT!


Quoting the Quote for truth!!


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