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Need a sound card.

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mnewsham said:
afraid your next computer might not have USB AND PCI hmm?
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I clearly stated I wanted a PCIe card.

I don't want a USB thing that dangles around. I have enough USB stuff as it is. An audio card should be internal. And I want to hook up my front connectors on my case. Can't do that with a USB sound card. And yeah it's external but it would need a long cord to make it as usable as the front connectors on the case and that's one more cord I don't need or want.
 
You said this....

Numenorean said:
Please read the OP.

I want a PCIe card, not a PCI card. Reason being is the next time I upgrade, my motherboard likely won't have a PCI slot and then I would just have to buy another sound card again.
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However, you fail to explain why your next motherboard wont have PCI, there are too many expansion cards at the moment for them to phase out PCI in the next few years, sure you might only get one or two of them but you probably wont see them phased out except in high end MB's
 
mnewsham said:
You said this....



However, you fail to explain why your next motherboard wont have PCI, there are too many expansion cards at the moment for them to phase out PCI in the next few years, sure you might only get one or two of them but you probably wont see them phased out except in high end MB's
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And I always purchase high end motherboards. And I have already seen a higher end one that has no PCI slots.

I bet in 4-5 years the one I require won't have PCI.
 
mnewsham said:
But the onboard sound will be better then most cards you will be buying today
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Really?

The onboard sound hasn't seemed to have gotten better in 10 years. I'm not holding my breath. I have never done onboard sound. I thought that after such a long time I could get away with it. All that I have done by trying to get away with it was reinforce why I didn't use it in the first place.
 
Numenorean said:
Really?

The onboard sound hasn't seemed to have gotten better in 10 years. I'm not holding my breath. I have never done onboard sound. I thought that after such a long time I could get away with it. All that I have done by trying to get away with it was reinforce why I didn't use it in the first place.
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Unless you are looking for audiophile quality or are using some fairly advanced speakers/headphones you should be fine with MOST of today's on board sound (and it has improved greatly within the past 3 years in my experiences)
 
mnewsham said:
Unless you are looking for audiophile quality or are using some fairly advanced speakers/headphones you should be fine with MOST of today's on board sound (and it has improved greatly within the past 3 years in my experiences)
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Well I tried it. It doesn't work properly. Now the hardware may be fine, but if nobody can figure out how to write software that doesn't do any good.

Why bother writing good software for some chip that costs $0.50 to make right?
 
Numenorean said:
Well I tried it. It doesn't work properly. Now the hardware may be fine, but if nobody can figure out how to write software that doesn't do any good.

Why bother writing good software for some chip that costs $0.50 to make right?
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What board do you have now? I have found most of my boards use realtek and they have improved their drivers over the years.
 
It doesn't have any USB 3.0 ports.

Though I would consider that board. Not sure how well it handles overclocking the CPU though being an Intel board.
 
Numenorean said:
It doesn't have any USB 3.0 ports.

Though I would consider that board. Not sure how well it handles overclocking the CPU though being an Intel board.
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My experience with intel boards is they have good features and OC well (not going to get MASSIVE OC's from it but you will get good OC's) and USB 3.0 was more of a gimmick on 1156 (and 1155 too) because you still dont find many USB 3.0 devices yet. when Socket 2011 comes out then USB 3.0 should penetrate the consumer goods enough to warrant some 3.0 connections.
 
mnewsham said:
My experience with intel boards is they have good features and OC well (not going to get MASSIVE OC's from it but you will get good OC's) and USB 3.0 was more of a gimmick on 1156 (and 1155 too) because you still dont find many USB 3.0 devices yet. when Socket 2011 comes out then USB 3.0 should penetrate the consumer goods enough to warrant some 3.0 connections.
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Yeah. I have USB 3 on a new laptop that I'm using for an external drive. Kinda nice to be able to toss it on both.
 
To get great audio, an external DAC/Amp is your absolute best option. Having all these ridiculous requirements that narrow your options to the point that your choice is either crap, or expensive crap, isn't helping you at all. A USB DAC for $100-$200 is multitudes better than most any card.

As for PCI-E cards, I hear ASUS is doing good for themselves these days

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=&srchInDesc=
 
Davidh373 said:
To get great audio, an external DAC/Amp is your absolute best option. Having all these ridiculous requirements that narrow your options to the point that your choice is either crap, or expensive crap, isn't helping you at all. A USB DAC for $100-$200 is multitudes better than most any card.

As for PCI-E cards, I hear ASUS is doing good for themselves these days

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=&srchInDesc=
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I already ordered a Xonar DX. I was just hoping there would be something that was what I wanted that I couldn't find.

Apparently not.
 
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