Which soundcard is better?

[jagr10]

I've heard good stuff on these sound cards:

1)Creative Platinum 5.1
2)Guillemot Hercules Game Theater XP
3)Voyetra Turtle Beach Inc. Santa Cruz

I am leaning towards the Creative Platinum 5.1, but what i want to know is this:

- Is there much difference in sound between these 3 cards?
- Which has more features?

 

[Wah]

do a search... there are lots of threads on this. Pretty much all agree that the GTXP and Santa Cruz blow away the sound blaster.

between the gtxp and the sc, they are pretty much the same except that the herc comes with a rack.

 

[paynejulXYZ]

absolutly the GTXP

 

[paynejulXYZ]

absolutly the GTXP

 

[bigbootydaddy]

geez, what is this the 12 of these threads??
lol, just giving you a hard time

gtxp.

 

[Radboy]

Many soundcards compared side-by-side with technical benchmarks here.

 

[jagr10]

I should also mention that I already have the Creative DTT 2500 5.1.

Now that i have those speakers, will the turtle and Hercules cards take advantage of the dolby digital?