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Good sound card

  • 26-11-2007 6:23pm
    #1
    DonkeyRhubarb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭


    Im looking to get a good sound card, as my onboard has decided to be terrible and the connections are even breaking.

    I will use it for mainly music on Logitech Z-2300's and my audiophile sennheiser HD595's.

    It also needs to work with vista, as its brutal for soundcard support, so any advice would be great. MUCH APPRECIATED ! ! !:D


Comments

  • #2
    superfly
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,049 ✭✭✭superfly


    well the best ones are the Creative X-fi range afaik but i'm not sure what the difference is as the get dearer, i'm sure someone else can help with that score
    they start at 62€ on Komplett
    http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.aspx?sku=335482


  • #3
    zonEEE
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,554 ✭✭✭zonEEE


    Xfi Xtreme Gamer


  • #4
    DonkeyRhubarb
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 534 ✭✭✭DonkeyRhubarb


    I was originally thinking xfi, but arent these terrible with vista???


  • #5
    PogMoThoin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,874 ✭✭✭✭PogMoThoin


    DonkeyRhubarb wrote: »
    I was originally thinking xfi, but arent these terrible with vista???

    :rolleyes: The sound is great, the same as in Xp, but its the software & control panel that dont work, ie you only get the basic audio console. But i'm sure Creative ill get it sorted in a yr or 2, their driver support is terrible.


  • #6
    Dorsanty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 535 ✭✭✭Dorsanty


    Unfortunately Vista's DX10 DirectSound3D meant that EAX (The cool environmental audio processing effects) was not available anymore. Plus other cool sound features.

    However in recent times Creative have released Alchemy which brings back all the cool stuff. http://connect.creativelabs.com/alchemy/default.aspx

    Some games are using OpenAL for sound though and these are fully compatible with X-Fi.

    Alchemy software is free to X-Fi users but not sure about Audigy 2 and earlier.


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