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Creative Titanium HD $83 BestBuy Instore Only....

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DeeDot78

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Was looking around then i did a double take. This is a outstanding price for that soundcard. YMMV, but it was legit in my local store. Cheapest new online is 139 at present. Picture proof.....



 
In the Raleigh, NC area it's selling for $107. Still a pretty good deal, but this is a YMMV deal.

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Price is now $48 locally. Insanely hot deal.
 
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gevorg said:
Correct! This is like $30 off a $100 monster cable.
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Might want to read the forums rules sticky at the top of the page:

No thread crapping. If the subject matter of a deal does not interest you, do not post negative comments about it, or about other members, in the thread.


If you have nothing constructive or relevant to add to the deal post, stay out of the thread.
 
Not thread crapping, a plea for education on the benefits. The poster may not realize that a $100 sound card might increase their frames per second by a couple percent or more.
 
Titanium HD has the X-Fi processor which does an excellent job for 3D positional audio over headphones with CMSS-3D and the Ti HD models in particular have much better SNR amps for headphone use. They are easily orders of magnitude better than onboard audio for headphone users who favor gaming (there are many comparable if not superior solutions for music/video)

increasing framerates has always been 99+% gimmick
 
lothar said:
People still buy sound cards?
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VirtualLarry said:
This.
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I will never understand ridiculous comments like this every time someone mentions a sound card. lol, I have to wonder if people like you have have proper hearing. onboard sound sucks for anything other than basic usage. in my last pc I kept thinking onboard was fine until I quite being ignorant and actually bought a decent sound card. it is a night and day difference.

the x-fi xtreme gamer gave much better sound and I could hear things I could not even hear properly with onboard. heck I have never had onboard sound that can actually get loud enough for all things I need it for. gun sounds with onboard also seem to cut out a little bit and/or get distorted at certain volumes. maybe that is why onboard cannot achieve high volumes in the first place.

the creative card was much louder, crystal clear and even have options such as crystalizer and cmss which could be configured to give a massively better overall gaming and music experience. just try listening to that headphone virtualization garbage that onboard sound has for you.

anyway, if you are deaf and/or ignorant about how good audio can actually be then that's your problem. for many of us its a very important aspect of gaming and music listening though that onboard sound can not come close to delivering. in fact I will be getting a sound card soon for my new pc as I cannot stand this realtek crap any longer.
 
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Count me as an ignorant audiophile then as I have ditched soundcards at least a decade ago. Onboard sound is fine for games and an external USB DAC vs. a soundcard is like the difference between a transistor radio and a top line stereo system.

I think the monster cable analogy was right on the money.
 
lol, must me nice to be that clueless not to notice the difference. even a moron can tell the difference. I say that because I have no idea about most of the technical aspects put it pisses me off when people are stupid enough to claim there is no difference when it is crystal clear. there is absolutely no comparison between onboard and an extreme gamer card for audio in games and that is a fact or I sure as hell would not spend money on a sound card. the monster cable analogy is beyond silly.
 
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toyota said:
lol, must me nice to be that clueless not to notice the difference. even a moron can tell the difference. I say that because I have no idea about most of the technical aspects put it pisses me off when people are stupid enough to claim there is no difference when it is crystal clear. there is absolutely no comparison between onboard and an extreme gamer card for audio in games and that is a fact or I sure as hell would not spend money on a sound card. the monster cable analogy is beyond silly.
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Agreed. There is PLENTY of reason to get a good soundcard, I can certainly notice the difference between the onboard sound on my asus motherboard and an asus xonar or sound blaster X-FI titanium (which i'm using now).

The difference is huge with HTPC setups, or if you do any amount of music listening with good surround speakers.
 
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What some people don't seem to realize is that higher end motherboards actually come with decent onboard sound.

My Operton motherboard's onboard sound was terrible. Shortly after I upgraded to Core2 my sound card died so I tinkered with the onboard sound. I was surprised at how good it sounded and til this day still use it.

My ears are just fine, by the way.

Speakers: Klipsch 5.1
 
arcenite said:
What some people don't seem to realize is that higher end motherboards actually come with decent onboard sound.

My Operton motherboard's onboard sound was terrible. Shortly after I upgraded to Core2 my sound card died so I tinkered with the onboard sound. I was surprised at how good it sounded and til this day still use it.

My ears are just fine, by the way.

Speakers: Klipsch 5.1
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I believe I have the highest end realtek available. it sounds just like ALL of the other realtek onboard audio I have used.

something has to be wrong with you people that cannot detect the massive difference in games. this is not something subtle or some little nuance. its night and day.

my last previous core 2 duo pc had a mobo with realtek ALC889A. just like any other onboard audio I have used, the volume would not go up quite enough with headphones. I bought that xtremgamer sound card just to see if it would help and was blown away at the difference. I am not an audiophile but simply a person with decent hearing that enjoys having games sound really good.

onboard audio offers headphone virtualization which is garbage and sounds like being in bathroom. the cmss from creative is awesome in comparison though and gives accurate realistic surround feeling in games and does not degrade sound quality. the creative crystalizer lets you get way more visceral feel from gunfire and explosions. heck even without that those features, sounds are clearly louder and more distinct. onboard audio will just flat out not separate some sounds and will distort and cut out a little with lots of things going on especially at higher volumes. and again just the level of volume is massively higher with a decent sound card.

I went between onboard and sound card a couple of times just to make sure any audio issue I was having was with the game. every time I did, I would just wonder how in the heck any gamer can live with that pitiful onboard sound especially if the are a headphone user.
 
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arcenite said:
What some people don't seem to realize is that higher end motherboards actually come with decent onboard sound.

My Operton motherboard's onboard sound was terrible. Shortly after I upgraded to Core2 my sound card died so I tinkered with the onboard sound. I was surprised at how good it sounded and til this day still use it.

My ears are just fine, by the way.

Speakers: Klipsch 5.1
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Nearly all onboard motherboard audio is handled by a cheap realtek chip. A *good* pci-e soundcard will sound magnitudes better.

If budget is a consideration, sure, the realtek's do a decent job. But they're definitely not as good as the best pci-e soundcards such as the asus xonar or titanium x-fi.
 
Thump553 said:
Gotta love audiophiles, they never pass up the chance to join in a good catfight.
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again I am some not really an audiophile. I have no idea what 99% of the stuff they talk about even means. if I did not game, especially with headphones, then I could probably live with the onboard audio.
 
lothar said:
People still buy sound cards?
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lol, well it takes all kinds. complete waste really. The problem with audiophiles is that they are audiophiles, its like they handicap their wallet so they can know that a 20khz tinkle at .9 sone is generated even though they cannot hear it. lol

But sure, if you got like $800 HP's or a really great speaker system and amps, then might as well have a good sound card. but for most of us, especially with aged ears not accustomed to noticing such top shelf quality, then why bother
 
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