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 Nov 11 2009, 05:38 PM
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Man at arms  Group: Clan Members Posts: 161 Thank(s): 0 Joined: 13-February 09 From: Aberdeenshire Member No.: 4,071  |
Can anyone recommend me a good, not to expensive soundcard that will work with Vista. I only use on board audio and recently realised how balls it actually is. I currently have 7.1 with the onboard but never actually use the speakers to stem off wife rage at bass boom.
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Nov 17 2009, 02:24 PM
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 Peasant Group: Clan Members Posts: 13 Thank(s): 0 Joined: 5-February 09 From: Germany Member No.: 4,067 |
I can't recommend Creative. I've got a Audigy 2 ZS. And though the hardware is excellent, the driver/software support is a CATASTROPHE. If it weren't for a guy named Daniel_K, who creates custom software packs, my card would be almost useless under Windows 7 x64 (no configuration software provided). But there are issues with the drivers under 64-bit, which cause heavy distortion, expecially with headsets (constant static (audio-in) and occasional distortion when talking (audio-out)).
Thus, I'm going to buy a ASUS Xonar DX this week. Only downside is, that it has no EAX 5 support. But I've got the feeling that this feature has no future anyway. I can share my impressions of the card in a few days if you are interested. Let me know. |
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Nov 17 2009, 02:34 PM
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 Paddle Master Group: Clan Members Posts: 2,085 Thank(s): 30 Joined: 3-December 07 Member No.: 50 |
QUOTE(Quanta @ Nov 17 2009, 02:24 PM)  Thus, I'm going to buy a ASUS Xonar DX this week. good with driver support on that  lol
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HYPOBOXER Soundcards Nov 11 2009, 05:38 PM
K. that depends ? do you actually want to use a sound... Nov 11 2009, 06:16 PM MonkeyFiend Persoanally I'd start looking at the range of ... Nov 11 2009, 07:21 PM Magik5 i have the creative xfi extrememusic
bit of tweak... Nov 11 2009, 07:22 PM Lawpf2001 can;t go wrong with creative (most of the time). Nov 11 2009, 07:52 PM
HYPOBOXER Thanks guys, good advice. I think the Headphone op... Nov 17 2009, 04:31 PM =R6= Raile whoa. the asus xonar's aren't that fantas... Nov 17 2009, 05:10 PM Quanta So, here a short review of my new ASUS Xonar DX so... Nov 23 2009, 02:22 PM
MonkeyFiend good to hear you're liking it - did consider o... Nov 23 2009, 03:11 PM Quanta QUOTE(MonkeyFiend @ Nov 23 2009, 04:11 PM... Nov 23 2009, 03:20 PM |
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