Cheap Soundcard?

denverbronco26 · 03-11-2008, 11:34 PM

Would it be worth getting a cheap soundcard (my friend is selling to me for $3) Its not a very good one, but would this be better than an AMD Duron Onboard sound?

[-0MEGA-] · 03-12-2008, 12:35 AM

What sound card is he trying to sell you?

denverbronco26 · 03-12-2008, 12:40 AM

not sure, hes a buddy from school and im buying his P3 comp for 18.50 and hes giving me a Video card and Sound card. Neither are probally that good and im not sure the brand on each, but what im curious is if any kind of sound card or graphics card is better than any kind of onboard one

[-0MEGA-] · 03-12-2008, 12:45 AM

The graphics card almost for certain would be, however the sound card may or may not be, depending on how old it is. If it's only $3, I would buy it and just test it, if it's not better then you didn't really waste much money.

MosIncredible · 03-12-2008, 01:00 AM

Not much to lose for only $3. Try it out and see if you like it more than your onboard sound.

denverbronco26 · 03-12-2008, 01:25 AM

yeah thats what im thinking

03-11-2008, 11:34 PM	#1 (permalink)
denverbronco26 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 17 Posts: 59	Cheap Soundcard? Would it be worth getting a cheap soundcard (my friend is selling to me for $3) Its not a very good one, but would this be better than an AMD Duron Onboard sound?

03-12-2008, 12:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 25,267	What sound card is he trying to sell you? __________________ Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 3.3GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (875/2272) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-1000 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11515

03-12-2008, 12:40 AM	#3 (permalink)
denverbronco26 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 17 Posts: 59	not sure, hes a buddy from school and im buying his P3 comp for 18.50 and hes giving me a Video card and Sound card. Neither are probally that good and im not sure the brand on each, but what im curious is if any kind of sound card or graphics card is better than any kind of onboard one __________________ Windows XP Pro SP2 AMD Duron @ 1.26 GHz 512MB RAM PC100 20GB+55GB+5GB Hard Drive 2USB+4 Port Kensington USB Hub Logitech Wireless Keyboard & Mouse SiS7018 PCI Audio Accelerator SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Video-SiS 630/730 Moniter-COMPAQ FS740

03-12-2008, 12:45 AM	#4 (permalink)
[-0MEGA-] Diamond Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Concord, NH Age: 19 Posts: 25,267	The graphics card almost for certain would be, however the sound card may or may not be, depending on how old it is. If it's only $3, I would buy it and just test it, if it's not better then you didn't really waste much money. __________________ Pentium Dual-Core E2200 @ 3.3GHz Gigabyte P35-DS3L ATI HD 3870 GDDR4 @ (875/2272) 4GB (2x 2GB) DDR2-1000 500GB SATAII HD w/16MB SilverStone 750W +12V@60A 3DMark06: 11515

03-12-2008, 01:00 AM	#5 (permalink)
MosIncredible Silver Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Texas Posts: 164	Not much to lose for only $3. Try it out and see if you like it more than your onboard sound. __________________ CPU: Q6600 @ 3.4GHz [425x8] 1.248v load \| E8400 sitting in my Q6600's box HSF: Zalman 9700 MB: DFI DK P35-T2RS GPU: XFX 8800GTS (G92) 512MB @ 800/1910/1100 RAM: 2GB OCZ Reaper (PC2 6400) 850 4-4-4-12 HDD: WD 500GB 16MB Case: Antec 900 PSU: OCZ 700W Monitor: LG 22" L226WTQ 3DMark06 Score: 16055 (XP) with above clocks

03-12-2008, 01:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
denverbronco26 Bronze Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Rochester, MA Age: 17 Posts: 59	yeah thats what im thinking __________________ Windows XP Pro SP2 AMD Duron @ 1.26 GHz 512MB RAM PC100 20GB+55GB+5GB Hard Drive 2USB+4 Port Kensington USB Hub Logitech Wireless Keyboard & Mouse SiS7018 PCI Audio Accelerator SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet Adapter Video-SiS 630/730 Moniter-COMPAQ FS740

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