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Sound Card Recommendation

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maverick0817

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So heres the deal, trying to figure out if I need a sound card and which one to get. I currently am using the onboard sound on my evga x58le, supposedly the onboard was supposed to do DDL, but I cant get it to work. I am running windows 7 ultimate 64 bit, the computer is hooked up to a Onkyo ht-s3300 HTIB. The reciever supports DD HD, DTS Master, etc. Would the addition of DDL be worth buying a sound card for. I was originally going to get a x-fi titanium because of EAX, but now that the xonar emulates EAX 5, im thinking about getting that. Any thoughts.
 
Personally, I like Creative's cards. Many don't, but I do. I like the ones that Auzentech sells a little better, features wise. If you are just looking for DTS or DD output, I'd get the Forte or Bravura, whichever is cheaper. They also make the HomeTheater HD which does HDMI out, which is what I elected to get. Expensive, but it does what it says. Given that it costs near as much as your HTIB though, not so sure that is what you'd want.

Basically the X-Fi cards will get you real hardware acceleration, and the most complete EAX 5 and OpenAl support. The ASUS cards are probably going to be cheaper and some people don't care for Creative's drivers.

Either way gets you DDL/DTSI.
 
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