Will I see any difference?

[Sniper82]

Well I went ahead and bought a Santa Cruz to replace my cheap $12 4.1 C-media card. Was curious will I see any difference in loudness and quality by going with a Santa Cruz. I can't get the 4.1 to fully work on the C-media so I am left with M3D to get the rear speakers working and I don't like that because it seems to echo behind me with it on. Figured since I have a set of fairly high-end speakers maybe I should invest in a better sound card.

 

[Biggs]

Santa Cruz FAQ

AFAIK, the Dell OEM comes minus the wavetable header.

 

[Sniper82]

Is that it? Whats the Wavetable header mainly used for? My question is, is it worth $45 shipped used?

 

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Santa Cruz: Card Connections

 

[Sniper82]

Oh thats for keyboards and stuff right? To make music? I won't have any use for it. But on neweggs site their OEM card have the header:

http://www.newegg.com/app/Showimage.asp?image=29-118-101-01.JPG/29-118-101-02.JPG

Anyway is that the only difference in features? Is it worth $45 is my main question or should I go with retail?

 

[Technonut]

Anyway is that the only difference in features? Is it worth $45 is my main question or should I go with retail?

IMO it would be worth the $63.00 shipped that Newegg charges rather than buy a used card for $45.00.

 

[Biggs]

From the 3DSS forums,

Thread One

Thread Two

 

[Sniper82]

This one dude has one retail with box and everything for $50 shipped but he can't ship till Wensday. I guess maybe I should wait the extra few days for it and get the real deal then to have a OEM one which who knows what dell really does to them if anything shipped on Monday.

BTW Tech no CC so I have no choice but to buy used or new off the forums.

 

[Sniper82]

^^^