for me i had my intergrated sound for a while and while just playing music and watching videos it was fine but when i played games on it sometimes the sound would cut out and get choppy. then i gotan X-fi sound card and the sound was better and never cut out and it also seemd like my games ran smoother. so it made games run better on mineSound Card is very important?
[QUOTE=''Blackfriend8'']for me i had my intergrated sound for a while and while just playing music and watching videos it was fine but when i played games on it sometimes the sound would cut out and get choppy. then i gotan X-fi sound card and the sound was better and never cut out and it also seemd like my games ran smoother. so it made games run better on mine[/QUOTE]That's more likely an isolated case than a truth. If you buy a video card and find that when playing games you have poor sound, then it might be worth it to buy a sound card.
[QUOTE=''The_Fell_One''][QUOTE=''Blackfriend8'']for me i had my intergrated sound for a while and while just playing music and watching videos it was fine but when i played games on it sometimes the sound would cut out and get choppy. then i gotan X-fi sound card and the sound was better and never cut out and it also seemd like my games ran smoother. so it made games run better on mine[/QUOTE]That's more likely an isolated case than a truth. If you buy a video card and find that when playing games you have poor sound, then it might be worth it to buy a sound card. [/QUOTE]
If you only have $30 speakers and are happy with the sound then NO it's not worth it. Only if you have high quality speakers or headphones is it worth it IMO.
what about 100 speakers? Is that worth it?
Depends on your preferences to good quality sound. If you have the sound system and want the best sound in audio then get a sound card but then again, most people don't care for the difference between a dedicated sound solution and integrated sound. I personally enjoy my X-Fi card and love the crisp sound of EAX but I never got any major speed increase in my games as some as claimed. Maybe 1 or 2 frames due to off loading the work off of the CPU.
[QUOTE=''Cdscottie'']Depends on your preferences to good quality sound. If you have the sound system and want the best sound in audio then get a sound card but then again, most people don't care for the difference between a dedicated sound solution and integrated sound. I personally enjoy my X-Fi card and love the crisp sound of EAX but I never got any major speed increase in my games as some as claimed. Maybe 1 or 2 frames due to off loading the work off of the CPU.[/QUOTE]As you've said, the frame rate difference is negligable at best most of the time. Unless you want to use EAX in games (or any other equivilent) the only real reason (IMO) that you'd buy a soundcard is if you are unhappy with how your speakers sound right now.Most people won't be able to tell the difference between an internal soundcard and a seperate one.
realtek HD audio is amazing, my dad has a soundblaster X-fi, and i hear no difference, actually i think mine sounds better.
[QUOTE=''theshadowhunter'']realtek HD audio is amazing, my dad has a soundblaster X-fi, and i hear no difference, actually i think mine sounds better.[/QUOTE]Well the first ones (Audigy i think) aren't really high fidelity. also maybe his speakers aren't that good?all i know is i had realtek HD with the same set of speakers that i now have the x-fi extreme and there is a HUGE difference.
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[QUOTE=''b0ssy''] SOUND CARD FOR GAMES (MANDATORY IN MY BOOKS)(DIRECTIONAL SOUND AND STUFF)INTEGRATED FOR MUSIC OR SOUNDCARD IF YOU HAVE MONEY[/QUOTE] I have 7.1 surroundsound in my mobo, is that good enough? I have been lisening with 4 regular stereo speakers and 2 13'' base all connected to a home stereo. The base is soo good in crysis that I feel like im there but when I turn my sound to high I actually loose 2-5 frames. So should I get a soundcard to offload the cpu?
I've heard that a dedicated sound card can actually increase overall performance by 15%. Positional audio and environmental effects in real-time apparently eat up a lot of CPU cycles.
if you're going to be doing some intensive fps gaming like cs:s and want to own.you need a soundcard.ok?
onboard wont cut it..with a dedicated soundcard it gives you real depth in hearing and positional sound
[QUOTE=''b0ssy''] if you're going to be doing some intensive fps gaming like cs:s and want to own.you need a soundcard.ok?[/QUOTE] I dont play CS anymore but I was getting over 200fps
[QUOTE=''TrooperManaic''][QUOTE=''b0ssy''] SOUND CARD FOR GAMES (MANDATORY IN MY BOOKS)(DIRECTIONAL SOUND AND STUFF)INTEGRATED FOR MUSIC OR SOUNDCARD IF YOU HAVE MONEY[/QUOTE] I have 7.1 surroundsound in my mobo, is that good enough? I have been lisening with 4 regular stereo speakers and 2 13'' base all connected to a home stereo. The base is soo good in crysis that I feel like im there but when I turn my sound to high I actually loose 2-5 frames. So should I get a soundcard to offload the cpu?[/QUOTE]well, i've heard in some cases that a soundcard can give you a boost upwards of 10fps.uh, you make the call on this one.
[QUOTE=''TrooperManaic''][QUOTE=''b0ssy''] if you're going to be doing some intensive fps gaming like cs:s and want to own.you need a soundcard.ok?[/QUOTE] I dont play CS anymore but I was getting over 200fps[/QUOTE]if i wanted to increase my fps, i wouldnt be buying a soundcard but rather upgrading my other hardware.i bought my soundcard for sound not for fps increase.
[QUOTE=''G013M''][QUOTE=''Cdscottie'']Depends on your preferences to good quality sound. If you have the sound system and want the best sound in audio then get a sound card but then again, most people don't care for the difference between a dedicated sound solution and integrated sound. I personally enjoy my X-Fi card and love the crisp sound of EAX but I never got any major speed increase in my games as some as claimed. Maybe 1 or 2 frames due to off loading the work off of the CPU.[/QUOTE]As you've said, the frame rate difference is negligable at best most of the time. Unless you want to use EAX in games (or any other equivilent) the only real reason (IMO) that you'd buy a soundcard is if you are unhappy with how your speakers sound right now.Most people won't be able to tell the difference between an internal soundcard and a seperate one.[/QUOTE]While I'd agree everyone has ears that don't interpret things the way some other peoples might, but...I can't believe you would personally (did you say that? :P) say that your X-Fi with EAX enabled %26 the Crystalizer on in games doesn't blow away your onboard sound. Basic onboard audio doesn't have EAX %26 a crystalizer (unless Creative is selling X-Fi licences now) and sounds kinda empty compared to a full blown sound card. Of course all this is premised on having a quality set of speakers though and not some $30 2.0 set.
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