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Chaintech AV710 for 5.1 speakers?

Yes, and it is no better then many onboard solutions.

In fact it is worse then a lot of onboard solutions because the VIA codec that services channels 1 thru 6 flat out sucks.
 
Well, if whatever you're listening to is heavy on the rear surround channels, it won't sound bad :p

but, yeah, AV710 is only a bargain for stereo, for multichannel it doesn't really make sense. Revolution 5.1 would be a nice choice for movies, if we're talking games you probably want a Creative card.
 
I bought one of these on the cheap because my motherboard onboard audio sucks, doesn't even have an optical out. For now I'm going to be using a 2 speaker setup with a digital receiver so 5.1 doesn't apply to me yet. Can you at least play games with one of these things? I know I won't have EAX but does it cause any stability issues or performance degredation with gaming? I would have just bought a creative audigy 2 zs value but I had a horrible past experience with them and everything I've read has said they're pretty much a joke for serious movie/music audio quality. Also, what exactly happens on the chaintech that causes a multichannel setup to sound like feces anyways?
 
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