Sound Cards

[K2]

So I'm thinking about upgrading from onboard audio to a dedicated sound card. I'm not looking to do anything fancy with it; I just want better sound for gaming and whatnot. Anyone have any recommendations? Right now I'm considering an X-Fi Titanium, but if there are cheaper cards that work fine for general purpose stuff (or better cards for the same price range) I'd like to know.

[CaffeinePowered]

I'd get this, because its PCI-X, and it comes with the front CD-Bay interface which I love

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6829102021


Problem is its a pricey... without the front ports, its still $150

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...6829102019

[K2]

The CD-bay is pretty cool, but I don't think I'd really need it, and it's more than I'm willing to spend. From what I can tell, the only difference between the Fatality X-Fi Titanium and the regular one is that it has XRAM, which has basically no support anymore and doesn't add a noticeable difference in sound quality.

I'm also looking at an ASUS soundcard that is supposedly about the same quality but has a mail-in rebate.

[CaffeinePowered]

I haven't heard much about their stand alone soundcards, but the one thing Ive complained about on their motherboards is the on-board sound sucks

But Id say go for it, their warranties are amazing

[WaR1761]

I Got a HT | Omega Claro. Love it and its still going. Start by figuring out what slots you have available on your mobo then go from that. I used to have a sound blaster on the computer before this one... they where fine but they didn't feel that good. I also had some specifics I wanted to make sure i got for capture so I went with HT | Omega.

Did you have any specific type of output you where looking for? If you are looking for HT setup did you have any specific encodings you wanted? Also budget?

[Didzo]

GUYS.

IS THIS A GOOD DEAL?

[Ertai]

ill throw this out there for the hell of it.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.as...20megladon

i really liked the razer ear phones i had before and after my cat got ahold of those i got this.  This is a soundcard/headphone combo thing.  Not as customizable as say a dedicated sound card, but im not an audiophile bastard using oxygen free virgin copper.  everything is controlled via the sound card box and they sound better than the onboard sound/old razer set i was using. so if you dont want to fuck with shit id recommend these.