surround sound

coombesy · 04-13-2005, 01:32 PM

i am thinking of getting surrond sound for my windows xp to enhance gaming and films it has a 5.1 sound card but is the standard hp pavilion one will surround sound just fit or do i need a better sound card
thanks in advance

edited because of spelling mistake

**Praetor** · 04-13-2005, 01:36 PM

Generally speaking any surround capable card/device should be sufficient although i'd personally reccomend the Soundblaster Audigy series of products ... fairly easy to setup and a bunch of features etc for an affordable price

coombesy · 04-13-2005, 01:53 PM

thank you very much i will check that out

**Praetor** · 04-13-2005, 02:33 PM

For reference, what motherboard/sound do you have right now?

coombesy · 04-13-2005, 02:50 PM

erm sorry im not sure what motherboard i have as im not too smart on computers its a hp pavilion 7955 and has the standard motherboard if thats any use now by sound do you mean sound card because i have the standard hp 5.1 that came in my pc and speakers i have some polk audio cheap speakers and the small one on my 17" lcd monitor sorry i can not be of more use thank you very much

elmarcorulz · 04-13-2005, 03:00 PM

how many sound ports are on the motherboard ie does it have front, rear and centre/bass or does it just have the one port

**Praetor** · 04-13-2005, 03:01 PM

Ok with the model number, i got the mobo stuff
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph07293

Have a look at the Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS

coombesy · 04-13-2005, 03:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by elmarcorulz

how many sound ports are on the motherboard ie does it have front, rear and centre/bass or does it just have the one port

the ports i run speakers on are a speaker port which is orange and a green out port this is all i know thank you very much though

coombesy · 04-13-2005, 03:33 PM

praetor thanks for looking that up and the suggetion but thats a bit out of my bubget as i have just bought a flatscree dvd rewriter and graphics card do you think my current sound card would run surround sound thank you very much

LittleHoov · 04-13-2005, 04:00 PM

ive personally had good luck with this little gem http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...117-105&DEPA=0

i had my Dell onboard sound and desktop speakers though, so obviously i was blown away when i got that sound card and a set of Logitech Z-640s... but you can get a 5.1 card fore even cheaper than that...you can also get a 7.1 card for a little more if you want to plan for the future..
also i believe that using onboard sound (its where the sound card is sort of embedded in the motherboard and not in a PCI slot) takes up more system resources than using a PCI card..so if you're looking to eek out a bit more performance, thats the way to go.

also as for your card running surround sound i would say it would, even if it only has 3 plugs i think it still can, supposedly you can change what the plug is somehow? a friend of mine did it once, he had 6-channel onboard and it just had the 3 plugs(line in, out, and mic) and he changed the line out and mic to center and rear...but i dont know how.

04-13-2005, 01:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
coombesy Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex, England Age: 16 Posts: 45	surround sound i am thinking of getting surrond sound for my windows xp to enhance gaming and films it has a 5.1 sound card but is the standard hp pavilion one will surround sound just fit or do i need a better sound card thanks in advance edited because of spelling mistake __________________ CPU: AMD Sempron 3400+ Mobo: Geforce not sure of the numbers Ra: 1 gb Hardrive: only and old 60 gb out of my original 2002 pc hp pavillion Graphics: Radeon 9800 pro

04-13-2005, 01:36 PM	#2 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,900	Generally speaking any surround capable card/device should be sufficient although i'd personally reccomend the Soundblaster Audigy series of products ... fairly easy to setup and a bunch of features etc for an affordable price __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

04-13-2005, 01:53 PM	#3 (permalink)
coombesy Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex, England Age: 16 Posts: 45	thank you very much i will check that out __________________ CPU: AMD Sempron 3400+ Mobo: Geforce not sure of the numbers Ra: 1 gb Hardrive: only and old 60 gb out of my original 2002 pc hp pavillion Graphics: Radeon 9800 pro

04-13-2005, 02:33 PM	#4 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,900	For reference, what motherboard/sound do you have right now? __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

04-13-2005, 02:50 PM	#5 (permalink)
coombesy Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex, England Age: 16 Posts: 45	erm sorry im not sure what motherboard i have as im not too smart on computers its a hp pavilion 7955 and has the standard motherboard if thats any use now by sound do you mean sound card because i have the standard hp 5.1 that came in my pc and speakers i have some polk audio cheap speakers and the small one on my 17" lcd monitor sorry i can not be of more use thank you very much __________________ CPU: AMD Sempron 3400+ Mobo: Geforce not sure of the numbers Ra: 1 gb Hardrive: only and old 60 gb out of my original 2002 pc hp pavillion Graphics: Radeon 9800 pro

04-13-2005, 03:00 PM	#6 (permalink)
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04-13-2005, 03:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Praetor Administrator Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Canada Age: 24 Posts: 19,900	Ok with the model number, i got the mobo stuff http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/d...cname=bph07293 Have a look at the Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS __________________ ASUS P5K Premium WiFi-AP, Q6600@3.7 / ASUS P5ND, E6400@3.8 4GB OCz Platinum XTC 8500 / 4GB CorsairXMS2 6400 5x500GB Seagate 7200.10 / 2x500 Seagate 7200.10 OCz 8800GTX 768MB @ 630/800 / 2x Galaxy 8800GT SLI

04-13-2005, 03:33 PM	#9 (permalink)
coombesy Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Essex, England Age: 16 Posts: 45	praetor thanks for looking that up and the suggetion but thats a bit out of my bubget as i have just bought a flatscree dvd rewriter and graphics card do you think my current sound card would run surround sound thank you very much __________________ CPU: AMD Sempron 3400+ Mobo: Geforce not sure of the numbers Ra: 1 gb Hardrive: only and old 60 gb out of my original 2002 pc hp pavillion Graphics: Radeon 9800 pro

04-13-2005, 04:00 PM	#10 (permalink)
LittleHoov Gold Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Climax Springs, Missouri Age: 20 Posts: 290	ive personally had good luck with this little gem http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...117-105&DEPA=0 i had my Dell onboard sound and desktop speakers though, so obviously i was blown away when i got that sound card and a set of Logitech Z-640s... but you can get a 5.1 card fore even cheaper than that...you can also get a 7.1 card for a little more if you want to plan for the future.. also i believe that using onboard sound (its where the sound card is sort of embedded in the motherboard and not in a PCI slot) takes up more system resources than using a PCI card..so if you're looking to eek out a bit more performance, thats the way to go. also as for your card running surround sound i would say it would, even if it only has 3 plugs i think it still can, supposedly you can change what the plug is somehow? a friend of mine did it once, he had 6-channel onboard and it just had the 3 plugs(line in, out, and mic) and he changed the line out and mic to center and rear...but i dont know how. Last edited by LittleHoov; 04-13-2005 at 04:03 PM.

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