Hi. Advice needed!
The mobo (Gigabyte GA P35C-DS3R) for my new build has Realtek 7.1 onboard sound, whereas my current rig has a Creative Labs Audigy Soundblaster SE card. I love the Soundblaster. It sounds great in stereo for music, and the 5.1 surroundsound in FarCry makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up at times (note to self and psychoanalyst: it's only a game!). The current set up includes a Labtec 5.1 speaker system and I can't fault it, especially when music is playued through Creative's Mediasource.
What I'm wondering is, without anything to go on, whether I should migrate the Soundblaster (with speaker system) to the new build, or stay with the (theoretically better) Realtek 7.1 (but running 5.1).
I don't want to buy another sound card. Actually, I do, but I can't. I haven't the money!
Does anyone have experience of the Realtek in terms of gaming and music?
Or a spare couple of hundred quid so I can buy a new sound card and speakers?