I'm sure your suggestions are of a top-shelf, but I have a feeling this is an overkill in my case. Thanks Bad-Motha, it's funny how hard it could be to see the most obvious solutions.Ģ. After playing with them for a while I already see an improvement.
It seems I didn't give enough love to ALC1150 and its drivers. After all I decided to stick to what I have at the moment:ġ. So I'll rephrase what I said earlier that I would always recommend a decent addon card, or external DAC/amp, over standard onboard sound if you're really serious about audio quality.
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It doesn't seem like you're particularly interested in any of the other benefits or software features of a sound card, so this would get you a boost in audio quality without all that unnecessary fluff. Funny you should mention the X-Fi, as that's what I'm currently using now (Xtreme Gamer), and even that sounds significantly better.Īlthough, if you're really determined to throw money at your problem, I think you would probably be better off looking at some external DAC/amps like the FiiO E10K.
"Good enough" for some I suppose, but I always find myself going back to an dedicated card. Just as a personal anecdote, I've never been particularly satisfied with Realtek HD, despite the general mantra these days being "onboard is just as good as any addon card." In the few instances I've gone back to it I've found it doesn't sufficiently drive even moderately high impedance headphones. I do recommend them for many other reasons which Bad Motha mostly covered in post #6. My point was just that an addon card isn't likely to solve your surround sound woes, so I wouldn't recommend one simply for that purpose. Originally posted by Duke1UP: Nevertheless I am still looking forward to see McSwifty's reply - what other reasons could justify this purchase. "I would always recommend a dedicated sound card over onboard, but not for the reason you're inquiring about." - could you please elaborate on it a bit more? What other reasons are you thinking about? And what is the price range I should be looking at? Bad-Motha suggestion is at ~80-100 USD. Frankly speaking my current setup is way better already. For the stereo + surround emulation - I did it with my previous headset which I combined with Sound Blaster X-Fi MB3. The scenario you propose doesn't seem to be the case here.
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What do you think about Asus Xonar DGX? Does it make any sense to invest into these, or will there be no difference at these Roccats are using two 40mm drivers for front/center/rear + one 30mm for vibrations. Nevertheless there is no revolution for sure in comparison to the default setting. I will check again tomorrow as I could be tricked by autosuggestion. After reading your suggestion I've played a bit with various sliders. I admit though that I haven't spent too much time inside the config panel. I'm also doing my best to keep them up to date. Course I'm using dedicated drivers taken from the MB manufacturer website.
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