Soundcard Help!!.

[megawhompertoo]

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Unless you are very, very perceptive, you won't "hear" a difference in your music among MOST soundcards. Audigy SE to Audigy 4? Maybe, maybe not. If you can get an audigy 4 for the price you mentioned, good deal. You really are paying to "hear" the difference in 5.1 games. Music is piped in in 2 channels (stereo), so--again, unless you are very particular, or like specificly tuning your tunes--you will not hear much of a difference among MOST medium quality dedicated sound cards.

You can check this out for yourself, but in my opinion, the soundcard companies come out with new boards just for the people who feel the need to have the latest and greatest. Some of the software tricks that are built into the new chipsets are neat, but the average user will never tinker with MOST of these software/hardware settings and functions.

Bottom line: anything above an audigy 2 will run BF2 (any game) just fine in 5.1 (hardware mode) surround. Audigy 2 zs will run bf2 in 5.1 (hardware mode) surround and movies in 7.1 surround. Audigy 4 will do the same thing, with a few more neat audio tricks. Get it if you can find a good deal like you said.

X-Fi will do all of the above and then a little more, but it is also ridiculously expensive.

There are a lot of reviews online. You should read the reviews before you buy anything. It is YOUR money, and the more you research, the more you will understand and appreciate what your are trading your dollars/pounds sterling in for.

To get you started, here goes:

http://hardware.gamespot.com/Story-ST-15165-1456-x-x-x

As I've heard they say across the pond, cheers mate.

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It wont just make my games sound better will it? Am really after it making my music better.

Luke

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So should i change my SE and get the Audigy 4?.

Luke

Definitely.

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So should i change my SE and get the Audigy 4?.

Luke

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http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...oundcards.html

Third one from the bottom, £29.95 + VAT.

[Talus]

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Looks like a good buy...I always try to buy OEM when I can and save the money on all that packaging and crap software

Yes, the Audigy 4 will be a better sounding card (if you have a good ear).

Music will sound better but you'll have to change some settings in the Audigy 4 control panel.

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So will a Audigy sound better than my Audigy SE i have now?. Also does Hardware sound better than Software when listen 2 music?.


This is the Audigy 4 i have seen, http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx...r+Audigy+4+OEM

Luke

[Talus]

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Yeah...Audigy 4s are good (better than Audigy 2 but less than an X-Fi)...I just don't know if they made any budget/cheapo editions and I just wanted to see the model myself to make sure it looks like the right one.

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It wasnt on Ebay was on Froogle, What about the Audigy 4? They good? seen 1 cheapish so might go for it. Does Hardware sound better than Software for music?.

Luke

[Talus]

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Yup..post the eBay link so we can see for sure.

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Just seen the Audigy 4 for £28 which is $49. They any good? that supports hardware like i wanted :).

Luke

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Does that 1 support Hardware?.

Luke

[megawhompertoo]

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I promise I'm not an ebay or a creative shill...but, creative does refurb their cards and put them on ebay w/ limited warranty for not too much scratch. Because the audigy 2 is two generations back (1 if you don't count the audigy 4), plenty of spoiled geeks chasing digital nirvana are dumping their perfectly good, slightly used audigy 2's now that the X-Fi is out with a better...well, more "awesomer" sounding name, I guess.

http://cgi.ebay.com/Creative-Sound-B...QQcmdZViewItem

I've got the audigy 2 zs. Great performance, but you've got to either know soldering or you've got to find and buy an ancient adapter to get the output to the front of the pc case. That's a nitpick (the back audio in/outs work just fine) but something to keep in mind.

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You'd be better off getting a cheap OEM Audigy 1 or 2 if you can.

And get one quick if that is what you decide to do. It looks like Creative is dicontinuing the Audigy's in favor of the X-Fi (seen a couple of proce lists from wholesalers that list the 2-2/ZS as EOL). I noticed that on Newegg they don't even list the A2 value anymore, but they do have an original Audigy 1 for more than they were selling the A2 Value.

[Talus]

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You'd be better off getting a cheap OEM Audigy 1 or 2 if you can...just avoid the LS/SE/DE editions.