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Soundcards - what's good

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Laudas

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I love my new computer! Except my Asus A8V on board sound does not seem to work. (I have only tried one pair of cheap headphones though, so I am not sure it's defunct) However, in the event it does not work, I will need to get a soundcard and I don't know anything about them! I just want a cheap card to plug in a good pair of headphones for gaming.....Thanks!

 
Did you enable the onboard sound in bios? Installed the driver for them?

Chaintech AV-710 will get the job done as long as your headphones don't have high impedence (which if they're budget ones, shouldn't)
 
Was thinking about getting decent Medusa 5.1 headphones.....does this make a difference for the chaintech card?
 
Originally posted by: Laudas
Was thinking about getting decent Medusa 5.1 headphones.....does this make a difference for the chaintech card?
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You'd probably want to go with an Audigy2 if you're wanting 5.1 headphones.

I know in your other thread you mentioned how they ranked higher than the sennheiser 160s at tom's hardware, but unless you're looking for a headset type headphones, you may be better off getting a standard pair of regular headphones in this pricerange (something like sennheiser, grado, etc).

If you search for 5.1 headphones you'll find a lot of threads on the subject and some other alternatives to look at if you want to consider things other than the Medusa set.
 
Hey thanks, I appreciate it. I did not know anything about 5.1 headphones. I did however confirm that my motherboard is working fine and that it is 5.1 compatible (ASUS A8V), so I will be buying headphones for sure. I will look around!
Laudas
 
If you like your headphones loud however, I would avoid the Creative line altogether (except the Audigy 4). Quality wise, the amplifier isn't up to snuff with M-Audio or any of the digital-only cards; THD levels will rise significantly past 85% (which is why Creative's default setting is at 79% master volume).
 
Me and another poster have had problems with the AV-710 killing all sound ouput, requiring a reformat. If you read all the glowing reviews we're obviously in the minority, but its still something to be wary of.
 
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