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Well I don't use a sound card because I have Vista, which disables hardware acceleration making sound cards kinda useless. Is this box similarly useless because of Vista? I also noticed that the box uses AC97 while my comp uses HD audio. Should I still use the box? Do I still get surround...

I recently bought these headphones online: http://www.ecoboss.com/Page2.html The headphones work just fine but it also comes with the little "USB decoder box" that you see in the picture. I have no idea what it's supposed to do. The guide that came with it is useless. Any help?

Dang. I got a couple questions then. I see that vista has taken stuff away, so has it added new features too? If so, can sound cards made in the XP era use these features? Are there any made-for-vista sound cards coming out?

Other family members use this computer and it does have speakers hooked up. It's just that I personally stick to headphones and was wondering if I should get better ones. By the way what's wrong with using creative cards on vista?

Hello, I'm thinking of buying a sound card (sub $100) for gaming and listening to music. Unfortunately, I don't know much about sounds cards or what makes one sound card better than another. My other hardware, if it matters: e6400, gigabyte DS3, patriot pc6400 2gb, hiper 580w, x1800xt...

Would they really lie acout something so important? I've noticed two more things: 1. They have a section called "Open Box Specials" (http://biz.tigerdirect.com/applications/openbox/openbox_tlc.asp) All the items there have an OO at the end. So maybe the R doesn't mean refurbished...

I'm considering buying an 800XL from TigerDirect. The problem is that there are two versions of the exact same card (Connect3d 800XL 256mb) with a $60 price difference. Here are the links: http://biz.tigerdirect.com/applications...item-details.asp?EdpNo=1476859&CatId=0...