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Which sound card should I get? Hurricaneboi Nov 1st, 06, 09:55 PM #1 (permalink)
hey guys, I've been using onboard sound from the asus P5B for quite some time now. It has SoundMax HD audio in it and till now it's working fine but I wanna get a sound card for a better gaming experience. Any to recc? like best bang for buck and stuff. I dun need something that will throw me off my chair, but something that will give me a more immersive experience. Looking at smth from Creative. Right now looking at Creative X-Fi XtremeMusic....

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redpixy Nov 1st, 06, 09:57 PM #2 (permalink)
well it depends what u want the soundcard for? watch movies or play games?
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Hurricaneboi Nov 1st, 06, 09:58 PM #3 (permalink)
err just playing games. games like CoD2 and stuff. the newer ones. The occasional video clip...so not into movies or DVDs or whatnot. yeah. thanks for coming in!
 
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tehfreak Nov 1st, 06, 10:19 PM #4 (permalink)
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err just playing games. games like CoD2 and stuff. the newer ones. The occasional video clip...so not into movies or DVDs or whatnot. yeah. thanks for coming in!
Wait for this card to arrive :
http://www.creative.com/products/pro...&product=15854
will cost around $200-300.
as the card above have on board X-ram or you can try this one:
http://www.creative.com/products/pro...&product=15853
Cost will around $200 but difference is that it don't have X-ram
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StCain Nov 1st, 06, 11:11 PM #5 (permalink)
Just a question. Lets say i wanna have like surrond sound..
What combi of speakers + sound card would you people recc.?
 
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bigfoot Nov 2nd, 06, 12:25 AM #6 (permalink)
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Just a question. Lets say i wanna have like surrond sound..
What combi of speakers + sound card would you people recc.?
Prodigy + Z5500
 
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Hurricaneboi Nov 2nd, 06, 11:29 AM #7 (permalink)
hey thanks a lot guys. the Xtreme gamer fatality looks good to me. will consider that. And what is x-ram? just improves performance right? so that com won't lag due to processing the high quality sound from the games?
 
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Hurricaneboi Nov 2nd, 06, 11:30 AM #8 (permalink)
by the way what brand of speakers is good? in your opinion? as in projecting sound quality and all that. and can someone please give me pointers on how to identify a good sound system and sound card for gaming needs? thanks!
 
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jason6142004 Nov 2nd, 06, 12:37 PM #9 (permalink)
Creative Xtrememusic

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http://www.sg.creative.com/products/...&product=14066

suitable for gaming also...
X-ram only needed if u have little ram..
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jason6142004 Nov 2nd, 06, 12:40 PM #10 (permalink)
Speakers....

Creative I-Trigue 3600 2.1 speaker system...

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http://www.sg.creative.com/products/...&product=10735
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jsy982002 Nov 2nd, 06, 01:22 PM #11 (permalink)
yeah...xtreme music the best bang for buck! x-ram is just a gimmick! it isn't even utilized in most games today!
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heng007 Nov 2nd, 06, 03:11 PM #12 (permalink)
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[S8NIST] Nov 2nd, 06, 03:38 PM #13 (permalink)
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Creative Xtrememusic

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http://www.sg.creative.com/products/...&product=14066

suitable for gaming also...
X-ram only needed if u have little ram..
agree, i find the xtreme music is more than what is needed for good gaming.

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tehfreak Nov 2nd, 06, 07:04 PM #14 (permalink)
Sorry forget that most games don't really support X-ram so maybe this is worth it but for speaker I won't recommend I-trigue 3600
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This model is without the X-ram
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http://www.creative.com/products/pro...&product=15774
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http://www.creative.com/products/pro...&product=15773
not in singapore yet need to wait!
Or can try logitech which I recommend to my buddy and he love it! the bass is amazing!
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http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/pr...CONTENTID=9067
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xrM Nov 2nd, 06, 07:16 PM #15 (permalink)
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Sorry forget that most games don't really support X-ram so maybe this is worth it but for speaker I won't recommend I-trigue 3600
Click the image to open in full size.
This model is without the X-ram
Lol, I've never seen that before, how much?
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