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Old 08-10-08   #1 (permalink)
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What would you all say is the best sound card for $100 or less?

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Probably a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer.
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or Asus Xonar DX
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829132006

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...or look at all of the other threads that have the same title?

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Since you are running Vista, get the Xonar.
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Sound card reviews:
http://www.devhardware.com/c/b/Sound-Cards/

Cards I've heard nice things from(Supports your OS):
ASUS Xonar DX 7.1 Channels - $89.99
Reviews:
http://techreport.com/articles.x/14500
http://www.hardwarecanucks.com/forum...rd-review.html
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/200...ss-soundcard/1
http://www.techradar.com/products/co...r-39654/review

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 - $90.99
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This question has been asked numerous times already, but I agree with the above in saying the Xonar is probably your best bet.
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As mention the Asus Xonar DX. Avoid Creative products.
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While the X-Fi are great cards, they are really only optimised for XP. M$ changed the way audio is done in Vista. The ASUS Xonar has been engineered with these Vista in mind, and is coded prperly to handle vista, where as the X-Fi drivers have undergone significant tweaking to get make the card capable of handling Vista.

Therefore the Xonar is by far your best option.
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