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| Thread ID: 70549 | 2006-07-07 02:25:00 | Sound cards | mejobloggs (264) | Press F1 |
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| 469176 | 2006-07-09 01:00:00 | Oooh, and these Soundblaster Live 5.1 cards are pretty cheap too. Especially on trademe :) I assume it doesn't matter if I get the 5.1 or 7.1 version? Since I am only using 2.1 speakers, I won't get any extra benefits. (Some places the 7.1 is cheaper than the 5.1) Also, can I hook up my front ports to the soundcard? Not quite sure how to do that, but I guess I will find out once I get the soundcard. I looked into hooking up the fronts to my audigy 2 zs (it was a retail box) but the only place it could have connected to was a tiny wee white plug....which when I googled it seemed to be a proprietry connection for one of the big manufacturers like dell or something....the consensus was that you had to have the breakout box that comes with the platinum series to get front audio...which I found a little annoying for a $200 card, although that was a yr ago so they could have changed - creative now do sell the breakout box seperatly but I'm damned if I can find it for sale in NZ |
straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 469177 | 2006-07-09 02:46:00 | Atm I have my front ports hooked up to the motherboard. I assume the front audio ports will no longer work when I stick a soundcard in, and turn off onboard sound? | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 469178 | 2006-07-09 03:04:00 | I've just had a look through my m/b and creative sound card manuals. No mention from either of them regarding front ports. There is an 'extra' (I think 7 pin) socket on the end of my sound card... shown in all the pics on the manual, but doesn't say what it does! My guess is it won't work, but you might get 'stereo' sound if you're lucky. PS I hooked my m/board up to the front ports when I had onboard sound, but function went west when I put the creative card in.... never bothered to check it out :thumbs: |
Shortcircuit (1666) | ||
| 469179 | 2006-07-09 03:47:00 | For gaming, a hardware accelerated soundcard will help performance, as the onboard sound is usually only software (which uses CPU cycles to run everything, and creates lag) | Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 469180 | 2006-07-10 02:27:00 | As for the breakout box why not make your own, pretty simple for the likes of an F1 reader :badpc: , just plug it into the back ports and your away. | JackStraw (6573) | ||
| 469181 | 2006-07-10 20:34:00 | As for the breakout box why not make your own, pretty simple for the likes of an F1 reader :badpc: , just plug it into the back ports and your away. lol. Done that once before on my old 939 3000+ but I felt it was a bit of a crime to do that to my x2 3800.....and more to the point I didnt want to go drilling holes in my thermaltake case....my pocket still hurts like hell from buying that! |
straitjacket (9698) | ||
| 469182 | 2006-07-10 21:10:00 | As for the breakout box why not make your own, pretty simple for the likes of an F1 reader :badpc: , just plug it into the back ports and your away.What is a breakout box? If you are talking about the bit with the front audio ports in, I already have that, and its working atm. I am just wondering how to connect it to my soundcard, because it seems to connect straight to the motherboard atm. I have a thermaltake tsunami case, and that has its own 'front panel' thing with usb, firewire and sound plugs. |
mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 469183 | 2006-07-10 21:31:00 | I have a thermaltake tsunami case, and that has its own 'front panel' thing with usb, firewire and sound plugs. Tsunamis don't have front audio. They have top audio. |
pctek (84) | ||
| 469184 | 2006-07-10 21:59:00 | Same thing though. Everything is the same, except it is moved a bit. | mejobloggs (264) | ||
| 469185 | 2006-07-11 09:16:00 | I notice the person mentions they want a card for gaming rather than anything else.I have over time studied a lot of gaming forums and I'm afraid to say I wouldnt even consider any of the cards mentioned here for gaming..To many glitches with various games.Any cheap sound card will do the job..Older Yamahas or C-Media type ones are fine..Would have been more helpful if you actually mentioned what games you want to play for a more detailed answer. | cjongreen (7128) | ||
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