Sound Card Recommendation

[Durvelle27]

I'm looking to get a new sound card as i want to be able to use 5.1 surround while gaming and with my onboard audio its not possible. I want it to be as cheap as possible. My mob has 2 open PCIe x1 slots and 2 PCI slots. I will be using (optical) to transfer sound to my receiver.

 

[fralexandr]

X-Fi SB0770
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Creati...&keywords=x-fi
third party merchant has it for ~$18 + ~$5 shipping (no reviews)
otherwise you can buy it from one of the other marketplace merchants with reviews

with the creative dolby digital live connect pack
http://software.store.creative.com/software/dolby-digital-live-and-dts-connect-pack/106-18034.aspx
~$5 for the software encoder

total ~$28 (or a bit more)

 

[Durvelle27]

X-Fi SB0770
http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-Creati...&keywords=x-fi
third party merchant has it for ~$18 + ~$5 shipping (no reviews)
otherwise you can buy it from one of the other marketplace merchants with reviews

with the creative dolby digital live connect pack
http://software.store.creative.com/software/dolby-digital-live-and-dts-connect-pack/106-18034.aspx
~$5 for the software encoder

total ~$28 (or a bit more)

Thx have your tried this

 

[fralexandr]

http://www.avforums.com/forums/computer-components/1218548-ddl-dts-connect-cards.html
the sb0770 is just the cheapest x-fi I know of that supports it
I've never needed to use optical out, since I have an HDMI receiver

 

[Durvelle27]

http://www.avforums.com/forums/computer-components/1218548-ddl-dts-connect-cards.html
the sb0770 is just the cheapest x-fi I know of that supports it
I've never needed to use optical out, since I have an HDMI receiver

ok thx