New Sound Card Advice

[bigmik1021]

I know that there have been Hundreds of posts on this topic so I thought one more would not hurt. I have given up trying to solve my sound, see http://www.computerforum.com/72528-mic-problems-new-hp.html, and decided to get a new sound card. I have three main questions. First, I have two front audio ports and would I still be able to use those with a new sound card? Second, does a sound card really improve system performance? Third, I cannot decide on what sound card to get. I wanted to keep it under $30, but still wanted a decent card. I was thinking this one,
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102002
or this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829111002
or this one
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829120103

Thanks for all your help!

 

[grimxx]

yes you would, some cards do imporove system performace in games since they take the pressure off the cpu but out of those I don't think any of those would do much difference, and out of those choice i would recommend
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102002

 

[bigmik1021]

More Research

I was looking for more choices and found this on newegg
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16829102006

Is this worth the money or should I stick with a cheaper card?

 

[grimxx]

thats the one I own and it is a great card especailly if you are gaming it actually brought my fps up and if you have a surround sound setup you will just love this card for gaming or watching movies this card is specatcular so if u plan to use the card for surround sound i would defantly recommend u get this card