looking for new soundcard

M0ddingMan1a · 02-02-2007, 06:24 AM

yea my onboard soundcard is really irritating me with speakers here and there not working. so i'd like a cheap soundcard to upgrade to. can someone please suggest any? preferably for a 5.1 surround sound system. thanks

its kinda urgent too.

PC eye · 02-02-2007, 06:33 AM

If you are gaming a good deal you will probably want a Sound Blaster model over other makes for the EAX unique to Creative Labs. You will often see the option to enable or disable that feature in a good number of games out for special audio effects. What price range are you looking in? Newegg has them from $18.99 up with the start off with one model only being two channel capable(nnaaaa....). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=57

But since they don't ship to Canada, I'll add a look at TigerDirect.CA seen at http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...|c:107|&Sort=4

M0ddingMan1a · 02-02-2007, 07:51 AM

CA means California. LOL. and i was thinking of just an audigy se. i think that should be enough for me. decent price too. unlesss u can recommend a bettter card from turtle beach or wat ever around the same price range.

PC eye · 02-02-2007, 08:10 AM

That shouldn't be a bad model with the 5.1 surround soiund there. The Audigy 2s are avoided here however. Currently I've seen great results with an Audigy 4 Pro. When looking around newegg had the best price. The closest to that was either at mwave.com for the 5.1 model there or at the link found for the 7.1 model seen at http://www.thetechgeek.com/content/product.php?pid=9062

M0ddingMan1a · 02-02-2007, 09:15 AM

alright thanks a lot pc eye!

PC eye · 02-02-2007, 11:27 PM

Hope it goes on good there! If you get stuck with a driver problem(typical Creative there) one thing I found was closing the new hardware found wizard right away and waiting until Windows was fully loaded. Then you manually use the add hardware wizard to have Windows copy and install the drivers followed by later installing the software. It helps get those WDM drivers to stay in better for some reason.

02-02-2007, 06:24 AM	#1 (permalink)
M0ddingMan1a Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CA Age: 18 Posts: 1,603	looking for new soundcard yea my onboard soundcard is really irritating me with speakers here and there not working. so i'd like a cheap soundcard to upgrade to. can someone please suggest any? preferably for a 5.1 surround sound system. thanks its kinda urgent too. __________________ Entertainment Rig// My FUll BLUE Rig: CPU: AMD 64 Clawhammer 3400+//CPU: AMD Sempron 2600+ Mobo: DFI Lanparty UT 250gb//Mobo: Gigabyte GA-K8NS RAM: 1 gig pc3200 Corsair XMS//RAM: 1 gig PC3200 PQi Video Card: Ati AIW 9800pro 128mb//Video Card: Sapphire Ati 9600pro 128mb HDs: 80gig Sata, 200gig ATA//HDs: 250gig WD, 80gig WD, 30gig WD, 13.5gig IBM PSU: 500w X-Infinity//PSU: 500W Ultra-X Titanium Blue

02-02-2007, 07:51 AM	#3 (permalink)
M0ddingMan1a Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CA Age: 18 Posts: 1,603	CA means California. LOL. and i was thinking of just an audigy se. i think that should be enough for me. decent price too. unlesss u can recommend a bettter card from turtle beach or wat ever around the same price range. __________________ Entertainment Rig// My FUll BLUE Rig: CPU: AMD 64 Clawhammer 3400+//CPU: AMD Sempron 2600+ Mobo: DFI Lanparty UT 250gb//Mobo: Gigabyte GA-K8NS RAM: 1 gig pc3200 Corsair XMS//RAM: 1 gig PC3200 PQi Video Card: Ati AIW 9800pro 128mb//Video Card: Sapphire Ati 9600pro 128mb HDs: 80gig Sata, 200gig ATA//HDs: 250gig WD, 80gig WD, 30gig WD, 13.5gig IBM PSU: 500w X-Infinity//PSU: 500W Ultra-X Titanium Blue

02-02-2007, 09:15 AM	#5 (permalink)
M0ddingMan1a Diamond Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: CA Age: 18 Posts: 1,603	alright thanks a lot pc eye! __________________ Entertainment Rig// My FUll BLUE Rig: CPU: AMD 64 Clawhammer 3400+//CPU: AMD Sempron 2600+ Mobo: DFI Lanparty UT 250gb//Mobo: Gigabyte GA-K8NS RAM: 1 gig pc3200 Corsair XMS//RAM: 1 gig PC3200 PQi Video Card: Ati AIW 9800pro 128mb//Video Card: Sapphire Ati 9600pro 128mb HDs: 80gig Sata, 200gig ATA//HDs: 250gig WD, 80gig WD, 30gig WD, 13.5gig IBM PSU: 500w X-Infinity//PSU: 500W Ultra-X Titanium Blue

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02-02-2007, 06:33 AM	#2 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	If you are gaming a good deal you will probably want a Sound Blaster model over other makes for the EAX unique to Creative Labs. You will often see the option to enable or disable that feature in a good number of games out for special audio effects. What price range are you looking in? Newegg has them from $18.99 up with the start off with one model only being two channel capable(nnaaaa....). http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...SubCategory=57 But since they don't ship to Canada, I'll add a look at TigerDirect.CA seen at http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applicatio...\|c:107\|&Sort=4

02-02-2007, 08:10 AM	#4 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	That shouldn't be a bad model with the 5.1 surround soiund there. The Audigy 2s are avoided here however. Currently I've seen great results with an Audigy 4 Pro. When looking around newegg had the best price. The closest to that was either at mwave.com for the 5.1 model there or at the link found for the 7.1 model seen at http://www.thetechgeek.com/content/product.php?pid=9062

02-02-2007, 11:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
PC eye Diamond Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Inside a pc Posts: 19,730	Hope it goes on good there! If you get stuck with a driver problem(typical Creative there) one thing I found was closing the new hardware found wizard right away and waiting until Windows was fully loaded. Then you manually use the add hardware wizard to have Windows copy and install the drivers followed by later installing the software. It helps get those WDM drivers to stay in better for some reason.