Dedicated Sound Cards

[Hemi-Cuda]

Anyone still using these in their new PC builds? I'll probably be doing a full motherboard/cpu/ram upgrade in the next year after Windows 10 hits, and my old SoundBlaster X-FI is getting long in the tooth. So is it worth it to upgrade to a new card or has the quality improved enough in the built-in sound on new motherboards to make it moot? I've got a nice Logitech 5.1 setup for my PC so I value sound quality quite a bit, but simplifying my next build would be nice

[DownInFlames]

The onboard sound is good enough for most people. I was getting some interference so I bought an external card, and I'm really happy with it.

http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards/Xonar_U7/

As a bonus it has a headphone amp, although because it's only USB 2.0 it doesn't have the power to drive higher impedance headphones.

[photon]

I got the newer SoundBlaster Zx but mostly because I wanted the nice volume control that has both sizes of headphone jacks in it as well so I can use my other headphones instead of my gaming set easily.

[burn_this_city]

Can't go wrong with a trusty Sound Blaster 16 card, love the way midi and .wav files sound.

[Hugh Jahrmes]

Originally Posted by burn_this_city

Can't go wrong with a trusty Sound Blaster 16 card, love the way midi and .wav files sound.

Have you tried out the new Gravis gamepad? Buy now and get Commander Keen for free.

[burn_this_city]

Originally Posted by Hugh Jahrmes

Have you tried out the new Gravis gamepad? Buy now and get Commander Keen for free.

I'll have to give it a whirl once I finish Jetpack.