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Geek Culture / Need Sound Card Help!

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DJ Almix
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Posted: 13th Oct 2009 03:26
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I am using fruity loops and have crappy integrated sound card which causing a crackling noise on soft synths so I want to buy a sound card. Which one would good:
1. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829270006
2. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102006
3. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102007

I'm totally oblivious when it comes to sound cards, I do have 7.1 surround sound speakers (L, R, LS, LR, RL, RR, SUB, & C) and maybe need I something called ASIO?

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Phaelax
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Posted: 13th Oct 2009 04:56
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3. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio

That should do you just fine. You don't need to spend twice the money for the "gamer" addition, whatever that supposedly does.

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Grog Grueslayer
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Posted: 13th Oct 2009 06:45
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With sound cards always go with a Sound Blaster since Creative Labs practically created the sound card industry. Phaelax is right. Go with the cheaper Sound Blaster.

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Insanity Complex
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Posted: 13th Oct 2009 07:57 Edited at: 13th Oct 2009 07:59
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2. Creative Sound Blaster Xi-Fi XtremeGamer

I personally own this card, love it, but then again I never owned the other one. To be honest, the main reason for my voting #2, is my personal experience with it, and the higher amount of positive reviews for it(along with many more reviews in total)

Also, of interest:

[href=http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4514390&CatId=2771]Xi-Fi XtremeGamer, $50[/url]

It's a refurb, but I'd have jumped on that if I'd seen it.


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