CHAINTECH AV-710 Sound Card Envy 27.99

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imported_tkkidd

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I bet you heard about this card by now. People rave about Dac and envy chip.

Pro:
Great 2.1 Setup. Cheap. Spdif out os great ( not amped). Some people flash with 7.1 prodigy firmware. if you do so you will lose analog out. but you can use superior driver. some do this for htpc.

Con:
Not really a Gamer card.


Here is couple tread regarding this card.

HEAD FI REVIEW ( there are a lot of tread in this forum about the av-710)http://www4.head-fi.org/forums/showthread.php?p=848255
AVS FORUM




LINKY ROO TO ZIPZOOMFLY

FOR CANADIAN AT PEOPLE EH!
 
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Aztech

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Originally posted by: Sentinel
...so this is hot because it is regular price?
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Doesn't matter if it's regular price, as long as it's the best price you can get it for. Use a price search engine and see. I bought it from ZipZoomFly before Christmas as a gift for $32.99.
 
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MunkeeBoy

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Too bad the drivers are a steaming pile of crap. Note also that if you are running optical out to a receiver and use MCE, audio switching will not work properly with Update Rollup 2 installed. Flashing to the Prodigy drivers with optical out also caused video stuttering for me, so YMMV on that one.
 
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JatMan

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MunkeeBoy is correct. If you install all the MCE updates, you won't be able to switch between DTS and regular( I don't know the correct word) sound. This card works with VIA Arena Drivers.

I don't have the MCE update so I could use this card.
 
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clarkmo

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Originally posted by: BDawg
How is this hot? I bought one from MWave about 9 months ago for $19.99.
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Si, I believe the price has actually gone up. Card works for me..44.1 khz out thru spdif in regular (Via Arena)drivers. Kernel streaming thru foobar. Good tunes!:music:

 
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imported_tkkidd

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i been searching for a card to upgrade my onboard nforce2 sound.

before i heard about this card, I was gonna pick up a used audigy 2 (more money),

ebaying turtle beach, or go buy a really expensive card like.. x-fi or something like that.

I only need 2.1 setup, and knowing that i can upgrade to a decent card under 30.00

seems like a good deal to me.

I just want others to know about this low-cost, great sound ( according to many reviews

and fans.) sound card.

I know that there are Many cards that will out perform this card, but i can not find anything right now under $50 dollars.

thank you all other AT users for many great deals i got.
 
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openwheelformula1

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onboard Nforce2 sound...... what's your southbridge? Which board is it? You might have the highly regarded Soundstorm which is EXCELLENT and needs no replacement.
 
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TrojanAaron

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I picked up this card but I couldn't get my Logitech Z-5500s to pickup Dolby Digital or DTS signals from DVDs that I popped in my computer. I have it connected via Fiber Optic line. It would only pick up 2.1 signals.

I fiddled with all that kernal streaming stuff, but I'm so NEWB when it comes to audio that I have no idea what its talking about
 
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