Bloodvenom

Ive been looking around alot and most have less than ideal ratings, or you get noobs using them whom have excel spreadsheets and talk about how amazing their classical music plays back..


Anyone have any suggestions on what would be a extremely good 7.1 sound card by today's standards for primarily game play reasons, and audio second to the gaming sound.


Any help would be appreciated!

CorryBasler

Are you wanting one better then the one in your sig rig? Thats an amazing Card!

Bloodvenom

I'm rebuilding my entire system, probably dumping close to 5+ grand into a new one, wc'd so i am looking for top of the line as I move to 7.1, items list in the watercooling section soon

Bloodvenom

The CPU im going for alone is going to cost more than my entire setup right now.... so..... im somewhat laughing and crying at the same time.

lilsquirtle

this falls under the category ' u wont kno the difference '... like they did to the audiophile's where they made them differentiate between sound quality of a coat hanger and Monster cable wire... they could not tell the difference. at times they said the coat hanger sound was better than the monster cable... with the card u have now, its good enuff for a 7.1 system, u wont have anything but bragging rights on a better card, ur ears cant tell the difference.

Bloodvenom

sounds good, thank you

Jaggar

if you decide to sell it ;]

jtypin

Are you REALLY looking for something above a X-fi Fatal1ty card? it's perfect 7.1

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stevebaz

Get the xonar d2x, will be perfect for your needs. Works perfect in x64 vista

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CrazyHeaven

If you put gaming first and audio second then stick with the card you have. If audio was first then I'd recommend something different even though the card you have does audio just fine. Your not going to get a better card than that for gaming. The xonar d2x might get close enough to match it but you can't beat creative in the gaming department.

Creative cards now work fine with 64 bit vista. For a long time this was an issue.