Creative Sound Card???

[whubbard]

Should I get this:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829102163
...its only $86...the thing is I already have a P5W DH Deluxe with 5.1 built in.
But my stero is 7.1 channel.
How much will this help?

[whubbard]

Heck...I'm in a really good mood...
I'm just going to buy this:
http://www.newegg.com/product/produc...82E16829102190

[regans cortina]

Good choice , ive got the fatality edition , the card rocks .

[Sam-U-Rai]

I still don't understand why Sound Cards are really that important. I would only get them if I wanted to be like pro at a LAN or something like that.



I mean, can you hear dudes from across a map with those? That's alot of money for a Sound card :shock:

[whubbard]

I have a 7.1 Channel Onkyo system and it makes the house shake when I'm listening to music...imagine that when playing a game...

Also, is the fatality edition better?...or is it just paying for his name?

[Mr.Ferrari]

Paying for his name. Like all of his crappy products.

[whubbard]

yep...I bet he doesn't even use ANY of them!

[regans cortina]

Originally Posted by Mr.Ferrari Paying for his name. Like all of his crappy products.

We probably are paying for his name . The fatality edition is supposed to be better for gaming . Alls i know is that like whubbard , the house booms while playing online games , and for just playic music , its excellent too.

[Panama Red]

Moved to the correct forum.

Originally Posted by whubbard ...thing is I already have a P5W DH Deluxe with 5.1 built in.

Might want to recheck the onboard audio specs on that mobo. I think it says 8 channel.

[David M]

Are you aware the Digital Out is only 2.1? If you want 7.1 connected to your stereo you will need to go analog. Makes no sense they could not make a 7.1 optical out.

[whubbard]

Uh-Oh...I just recieved it today...but haven't opened it yet. Do you know a card that will be able to use all 7 speakers and my subwoofer on my stereo!!!

Also...Is optical a good way to connect? My stereo has it and so does this card!

[catacon]

You can still use the card. If your receiver can handle 7.1 analog ins then it will work, but I know on mine I can only have 5.1 analog ins. I use this card and use the optical out to my receiver (it's only 5.1, but that's plenty) and it's great. However, make sure your receiver can decode a Dolby Digital signal.

[Tin]

Originally Posted by whubbard Uh-Oh...I just recieved it today...but haven't opened it yet. Do you know a card that will be able to use all 7 speakers and my subwoofer on my stereo!!! Also...Is optical a good way to connect? My stereo has it and so does this card!

Look into the Bluegears B-Inspirer or an Auzentech X-Plosion. The new Cmedia chipset on the Bluegears card is supposed to give X-Fi a run for its money...while providing TRUE Dolby Digital and Dolby DTS encoding on the fly. Those are the cards you want to hook to a surround receiver if you want to use the SPDIF.

[catacon]

That's what the card I linked does. It has Dolby Digital Live (DDL) so it can encode games into 5.1 in real-time. It's also cheaper than the cards Tin linked.

[Xyphus]

Originally Posted by whubbard I have a 7.1 Channel Onkyo system and it makes the house shake when I'm listening to music...imagine that when playing a game... Also, is the fatality edition better?...or is it just paying for his name?

Other than his endorsement, the Fatality line has additional ram on the card. I think the standard and platinum has 2MB and the Fatality has 64MB.. (I may be off on the exact amounts..) So far however, I don't think there are actually any apps that can take advantage of the ram on the sound cards...