asus M4n8td evo sound or Creative sound card z ?

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I have an asus M4N98TD EVO and I was wondering, is the sound much better with a Creative Soundblaster Z?.I need actual comparisons but opionions on the subjcect also rewelocme.Thankyou.
Also I would like to know how asus zonar dx compares to my onboard sound.
 
The ASUS Xonar dx is slightly better than the on board audio in quality but it has only 7 channels and your motherboard has 8.

The Soundblaster Z is a decent card but has only 5 channels compared to your motherboard's 8. Once again the quality is slight better.

Unless you have $500+ headphones or are recording and editing professional audio(using a mixer and recording multiple lanes at the same time. If you plan to record instruments, you will need an external sound card for $250+.), you will see absolutely no difference between these and your motherboard.

Even if you have a $250 headset and record game-play or something, there will be no difference at all.
 

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I will be buying a 7.1 headset and -I am an audiophile

asus m4n98td evo ,phenom p65 black edition,gtx670 6g of RAM (ddr3) and a corsiar 650 w psu tx brand
I will be playing games ,watching and listening toother media amongst other things and possibly venturing into music production and or composing.
 






You finally answered what tiny voices originally asked you to clarify, and I commend tiny voices for his non aggressive response back at you!, Kudos tiny voices! :)

Now audiophile usually is normally only classed with stereo high quality music reproduction to achieve as close to realistic as possible, and most true audiophiles are still into tube amplifiers as they are quite awesome.

So when you bring playing games into the picture of your sound card requirements you're crossing territory lines, as gaming requires it's own necessities to have a really good sound playback of the gaming environment.

So it sounds to me you are after an all in one sound card solution, for a one computer resolution?

Personally I have 2 computers dedicated to stereo music playback for my DJ use and both run M-Audio sound cards, which IMO are untouchable for dedicated stereo playback, that said I have my music compiling/gaming/media and overall movie playback computer running a Creative Sound Blaster Z gaming card.

The Creative Sound blaster Z, IMO, is one of the best sound cards ever released by Creative and will serve all your needs!

The creative Z line does come with higher end releases like the ZX and ZXR, but with gaming in your thoughts a 7.1 headphone playing in a 5.1 headphone jack will not be a problem or really any loss to you so the Z itself is still my recommendation to you.

Hope that helps you in your decision making. :)