tiny voices :
What are your trying to get out of using a sound card vs. your on board audio?
visual symbol :
LooK it's a long story i cant' be bothered going iton but if people coul d just aswer the question as best they can that would be grear ,thanks
visual symbol :
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.