What sound card would people recommend?

2008-01-02 08:58:05

#1

ed3y: Member; +2|6438

I was wondering whether people would recommend a sound card for me.
I play lots of games, listen to lots of music, watch DVDs and am on ventrilo most of the time. Would be really nice if people could help me with this.
Also if anyone could recommend some decent surround sound speakers with long enough cables to go round a reasonable size room. All recommendations appreciated.

2008-01-02 09:00:49

#2

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|7027|UK

Budget?

2008-01-02 09:02:36

#3

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7195|Riva, MD

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty for the sound card. I don't have 5.1 or higher speakers so I can't recommend any.

2008-01-02 09:47:48

#4

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6931|The Twilight Zone

_j5689_ wrote:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty for the sound card. I don't have 5.1 or higher speakers so I can't recommend any.

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2008-01-02 09:50:09

#5

Computer_Guy: Member; +54|7175

.Sup wrote:
_j5689_ wrote:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty for the sound card.

2008-01-02 09:50:51

#6

Dragonclaw: Member; +186|6783|Florida

Onboard sound 4 life.

2008-01-02 09:57:04

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6931|The Twilight Zone

Dragonclaw wrote:
Onboard sound 4 life.

Onboard graphix for life!!!!!

2008-01-02 10:09:00

#8

Freezer7Pro: I don't come here a lot anymore.; +1,447|6675|Winland

If you've got digital speakers you can do with an onboard card, if not, just get the best X-Fi your budget allows for.

The idea of any hi-fi system is to reproduce the source material as faithfully as possible, and to deliberately add distortion to everything you hear (due to amplifier deficiencies) because it sounds 'nice' is simply not high fidelity. If that is what you want to hear then there is no problem with that, but by adding so much additional material (by way of harmonics and intermodulation) you have a tailored sound system, not a hi-fi. - Rod Elliot, ESP

2008-01-02 13:53:41

#9

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6713|United Kingdom

X-fi extreme gamer if your budget suits

2008-01-02 13:57:06

#10

RoosterCantrell: Goodbye :); +399|6958|Somewhere else

I have a Creative card, and I have noticed that thier mic capabilities are shit. I have a damn good and expensive mic, but Creative's software doesnt really allow much tweaking in that field.

but, my card is from 2005, so im a bit out of the loop i guess.

2008-01-02 14:25:02

#11

Volatile: Member; +252|7182|Sextupling in Empire

As already stated numerous times, X-fi FTW.

2008-01-02 14:54:13

#12

']['error: Banned; +630|7122|The Netherlands

Computer_Guy wrote:
.Sup wrote:
_j5689_ wrote:
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty for the sound card.

2008-01-02 16:52:19

#13

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,081|7250|PNW

XtremeMusic or XtremeGamer Fatal1ty.

Unfortunately, Creative's drivers were written by a room full of chimpanzees pooping on keyboards. More unfortunately, their sound cards are the most supported for games.

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2008-01-02 17:49:41

#14

aimless: Member; +166|6603|Texas

Is there much of a difference between the XtremeMusic and the XtremeGamer? I'm also looking for a soundcard, one with its own little processor to keep the cpu free of anywork.

Don't buy the Audigy SE for gaming.

2008-01-02 18:27:14

#15

Negerkungen: I could not care less; +541|7221|Topside

']['error wrote:
Computer_Guy wrote:
.Sup wrote:

Why pay a lot of extra money for the card just because it's a Fatal1ty???
Just buy the XtremeGamer,fuck Fatal1ty.

2008-01-02 20:01:45

#16

Uzique: dasein.; +2,865|6948

Negerkungen wrote:
']['error wrote:
Computer_Guy wrote:

Why pay a lot of extra money for the card just because it's a Fatal1ty???
Just buy the XtremeGamer,fuck Fatal1ty.

Actually, I bought a Fatality Champion because it has the awesome front panel- I have to connect a MicroKORG through MIDI as well as the Fatality headset to my computer. Seeing as all previous Audigy / X-Fi cards do not support front-panel (Intel HD) connectors, I would have to get down around the back of my computer every time I wanted to use my headset. No thank you!

There is a lot more justification behind the higher price-tag than just a name of a gamer. Fatality's stuff is actually good-quality hardware; it's not the sound-cards that you should hate, it's the shameless fan boys that buy is solely because of the name tag.

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2008-01-02 21:55:35

#17

GC_PaNzerFIN: Work and study @ Technical Uni; +528|6892|Finland

almost anything from the x-fi series will do just fine.

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2008-01-02 23:45:23

#18

Nikola Bathory: Karkand T-90 0wnage; +163|7264|Bulgaria

Dragonclaw wrote:
Onboard sound 4 life.

yes!!! agreed! Now my new motherboard - see sig - has a better integrated sound than the previous one, actually it's a small daughter sound card that you place in a special slot and it really gives a very good sound!

>>>BF3 Central<<<

2008-01-02 23:54:35

#19

nukchebi0: Пушкин, наше всё; +387|6802|New Haven, CT

Dragonclaw wrote:
Onboard sound 4 life.

OMG I ACTUALLY AGREE WITH YOU.

He is right.

2008-01-03 13:52:38

#20

_j5689_: Dreads & Bergers; +364|7195|Riva, MD

I've never been QFT'ed until now, lol.

2008-01-03 18:55:52

#21

unnamednewbie13: Moderator; +2,081|7250|PNW

I prefer an actual sound card over onboard, not only because it takes a load off of system resources, but because the audio quality is noticeably better. The Fatal1ty X-Fi is a good compromise between the super-expensive and the cheap X-Fi's, has a nifty front panel, and slightly better hardware than lower-end iterations.

2008-01-03 19:06:29

#22

Freke1: I play at night... mostly; +47|7025|the best galaxy

With an X-Fi You get better positioning of sound because the have CMSS. But it's not HiFi. Also EAX 5.0 - other cards only have 2.0 so You get a little extra. CMSS is nice in games. With CMSS and headphones the chopper sound f.ex. is different if it is behind You versus in front of You so You can tell where it is. Just increase the high freq. in the equalizer because CMSS changes the sound. 4.1 speakers is good also. Nothing like hearing shoots behind You to the right - ahhh there's the enemy. I can hear no difference between the X-Fi Xtreme music and X-Fi Fata1ety Xtremegamer pro so I recommend this:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Sound-Blaster-X-Fi- … dZViewItem

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2008-01-05 10:40:47

#23

ed3y: Member; +2|6438

Bell wrote:
Budget?

pff umm however much i have at the time so prolly £100

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