Bad mobo audio: What are my options for soundcard that supports games?

chucky2

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Dec 9, 1999
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I've not looked at this stuff in years (long years) so I'm really not up to date on which soundcards support which DirectX. I play Battlefield 3 sparsely and listen to a small (700 song) iTunes (256 AAC) music collection, sometimes iTunes radio. This is all through my, now broken, line out on my mobo audio port, to my Audio-Technica ATH-M50 which are still in good shape.

Since I'm not planning on upgrading the mobo anytime soon, I'm wondering is there a good quality soundcard that will support whatever DirectX sound? I really don't want to spend more than $150, but can go over if there is something worth it.

Any suggestions here?