Sounds Cards Comparo (or The search for Aural Pleasure) - Page 6

Benno1988 · 13th April 2009, 7:02 PM

Essence STX and WIndows 7.

Tiop · 22nd April 2009, 10:30 PM

just paid for a motherbaord to fit a a forte on....... oh and a forte

slobber · 23rd April 2009, 1:24 PM

^ What board ????

DiGiTaL MoNkEY · 17th May 2009, 9:52 AM

I'm going to sticky this, as its quite a handy thread! Thanks smiddi for taking the time to write all that up

Warpy · 21st May 2009, 7:59 PM

Which of these cards supports S/PDIF IN and S/PDIF OUT?

I'm urgently looking for a sound card for gaming... and DTS 5.1 movies.

JuzIE · 21st May 2009, 10:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warpy

Which of these cards supports S/PDIF IN and S/PDIF OUT?

I'm urgently looking for a sound card for gaming... and DTS 5.1 movies.

Exactly what im looking for except i listen to a shitload of music. Im going the Essense STX because im sure that the Essense STX still beats my Onboard in gaming audio plus i want to hear Dolby music/movies sound 1337 through my amp. Would you guys suggest i buy that card or another one?

Warpy · 22nd May 2009, 12:50 AM

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Originally Posted by JuzIE

Exactly what im looking for except i listen to a shitload of music. Im going the Essense STX because im sure that the Essense STX still beats my Onboard in gaming audio plus i want to hear Dolby music/movies sound 1337 through my amp. Would you guys suggest i buy that card or another one?

I went for the Auzen Forte, as it comes with the convertors for the S/PDIF

Warpy · 22nd May 2009, 1:04 AM

Is this: http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-fi_forte.php the same as the Auzen Forte 7.1 mentioned in this review on the main page of this thread?

smiddi · 22nd May 2009, 7:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warpy

Is this: http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-fi_forte.php the same as the Auzen Forte 7.1 mentioned in this review on the main page of this thread?

Yes, there's only one Forte (that I know of).

btw: thanks for the sticky (big smile). Ill try to get my fiingers on a few more cards and update the orig post.

Warpy · 22nd May 2009, 8:28 AM

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Originally Posted by smiddi

Yes, there's only one Forte (that I know of).

btw: thanks for the sticky (big smile). Ill try to get my fiingers on a few more cards and update the orig post.

Thanks smiddi, you basically helped me with my next card since my bluegears died last night, went through all these with DM, since he pointed me to this link which has been so useful. I am getting my Forte today from MSY

JuzIE · 22nd May 2009, 9:09 AM

Im quite sure the Essense comes with the toslink to spidif adaptor anyway.

Warpy · 22nd May 2009, 9:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JuzIE

Im quite sure the Essense comes with the toslink to spidif adaptor anyway.

Yup, thats what I checked with the Forte

I have a quick question with regards to optical / s/pdif if I use this which I will be, does the quality reflect that of my amp or the sound card?

JuzIE · 22nd May 2009, 5:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Warpy

I have a quick question with regards to optical / s/pdif if I use this which I will be, does the quality reflect that of my amp or the sound card?

I'd say it would be up to the amp.

Will S · 23rd May 2009, 1:33 PM

it would be good for someone to rate the onboard sound of modern mobos. Definitely getting better

JayKay777 · 23rd May 2009, 7:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Will S

it would be good for someone to rate the onboard sound of modern mobos. Definitely getting better

If you must go onboard, some of the deluxe models with seperate expansion cards based on creative chips would be the go.

But then again, you could just save the $ from a deluxe model (if you don't need all the other features like a zillion SATA ports or tri-sli) and get a proper seperate sound card.

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Warpy Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Posts: 3,951	Is this: http://www.auzentech.com/site/products/x-fi_forte.php the same as the Auzen Forte 7.1 mentioned in this review on the main page of this thread?