Do I need A Sound Card?

KenKraken

Distinguished
Jan 3, 2015
186
0
18,680
hello :)
im gonna buy a razer tiamat headset (7.1)
do i need a sound card or my motherboard already have that?
btw im motherboard is msi z97 gaming 5
 

KenKraken

Distinguished
Jan 3, 2015
186
0
18,680


does that mean i dont need a souncard? is my motherboard good enough for 7.1?
 

galactigus

Honorable
Jan 4, 2014
707
0
11,160
Your mobo doesn't appear to have the outputs color coded consult your manual to find out which ports you will need to plug the headphones into 2 are for input such as microphone and 4 of them will output 7.1 to your headset I know it's kinda confusing.