Re: Stick with Realteck HD On-board Sound? Or Go for Better 5.1 External Sound card?
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Originally Posted by
Agent
Are you sure? Does it have 5.1 output? If so you should just be able to tell it to mirror the front two with the back two. Its a fairly basic feature on all cards in the last god knows how many years :)
I can not see any option to get it to remix my MP3's to 5.1
Does any one know any software that could do this for me/plug in for media player?
Cheers:rockon2:
Re: Stick with Realteck HD On-board Sound? Or Go for Better 5.1 External Sound card?
I think it depends how much you value your music to be honest. A lot of people are happy with the Realtek, but I still think they have way to go to replace a proper X-Fi. But since you've had one before, you are in a fairly good position to decide for yourself whether you are happy with Realtek or not (no point buying a discrete sound card if you are happy with what you have).
The biggest thing I have to warn regarding external (USB) sound card, is that they do eat a chunk of your system resource. Not a big deal for movies/music, but it's possible that you might notice it in games. Then again, last time I tried a USB sound card was before the multi-core goodness. Still, you might want to investigate that a little.
If you mainly use your PC for movies/music though, you've got more options. For movies, I am lean toward Creative cards simply because the X-Fi CMSS + Headphone is fantastic to my ears. If you are more into music listening, then consider an external DAC (USB or Optical). You'll find some which are better than the X-Fi, without obviously without the DSP. If you consider this route, you'll need to state a budget though, they usually go from the price of a sound card to more than the price of a 8800 Ultra.
Re: Stick with Realteck HD On-board Sound? Or Go for Better 5.1 External Sound card?
Hummmm .... Really Miss have music remixed and played through 5.1
Sod it, have ordered the Creative surround 5.1 and see how good it is... even if i just use it for the music side?