Should I get this sound card?

MrFobber · 10-21-2007, 07:51 AM

Hello all

I currently have a Diamond xtreme sound card 7.1/24 bit sound card. IM looking to upgrade to this soundcard

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829127002

what do you guys think? Should I upgrade to this soundcard? any advices/recommendations around the price range would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!!

Diamondsleeper · 10-21-2007, 06:05 PM

Personally I would not stray to a name brand I don't recognize. I would go with a Creative Labs SoundBlaster card. You never know what you are going to end up with with some of these less well known obsure cards. You can get a good S.B card for about the same money and will know exactly what you are getting. Not to mention the amount of support after the sale is going to be much better. The S.B card will likely sound better if you were to put them side by side.

MrFobber · 10-22-2007, 01:18 AM

but I heard about a lot of problems with creative's sound blaster cards. I heard that they have bad drivers, bad updates and people who had them hated them. What do you guys think?

computermaineack · 10-22-2007, 07:23 AM

The only bad thing I've heard about the Sound Blaster is some problems a few months ago about Vista drivers. Not sure if that's been corrected, but if you're not using Vista it's not a problem.

10-21-2007, 07:51 AM	#1 (permalink)
MrFobber Bronze Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 35	Should I get this sound card? Hello all I currently have a Diamond xtreme sound card 7.1/24 bit sound card. IM looking to upgrade to this soundcard http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16829127002 what do you guys think? Should I upgrade to this soundcard? any advices/recommendations around the price range would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!!

10-21-2007, 06:05 PM	#2 (permalink)
Diamondsleeper Silver Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 178	Personally I would not stray to a name brand I don't recognize. I would go with a Creative Labs SoundBlaster card. You never know what you are going to end up with with some of these less well known obsure cards. You can get a good S.B card for about the same money and will know exactly what you are getting. Not to mention the amount of support after the sale is going to be much better. The S.B card will likely sound better if you were to put them side by side. __________________ M.B. - ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wi-Fi CPU - AMD Athlon 64x2 6000+ Socket AM2 3.0GHz RAM - Corsair 4GB XMS2- 6400 (800MHz) + LEDs Video - Qty 2 B.F.G. 8600GTS OC2 256MB in SLI Mode Sound - S.B. X-Fi Fatality 64MB X-Ram Storage - Qty 4 - WD 10,000 RPM 74GB Raptors paired in RAID 0, Optical - ASUS 20X Lightscribe DVD recorder. Power - "SilverStone 750W" / Modular Blue UV Cables Case - Antec - Nine Hundred - Gamer Case

10-22-2007, 07:23 AM	#4 (permalink)
computermaineack Diamond Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Connecticut Posts: 2,239	The only bad thing I've heard about the Sound Blaster is some problems a few months ago about Vista drivers. Not sure if that's been corrected, but if you're not using Vista it's not a problem. __________________ "Former Clinton advisor Dick Morris said, "Hillary Clinton will be the next President, but she'll be the worst President we've ever seen." After hearing this, President Bush said, "Wait a minute, I'm not finished yet."" -Conan O'Brien CPU: Q6600 G0 Mobo: eVGA 680i NF67-A1 Case: Antec P180B GPU: eVGA 8800GTS G92 512mb HSF: Tuniq Tower 120 RAM: 4gb DDR2-800 Corsair XMS2 4-4-4-12 PSU: Antec True Power Trio 550w

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10-22-2007, 01:18 AM	#3 (permalink)
MrFobber Bronze Member Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 35	but I heard about a lot of problems with creative's sound blaster cards. I heard that they have bad drivers, bad updates and people who had them hated them. What do you guys think?