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TheErolley

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Hello , so i was looking around for a good sound card to install and saw some sound cards that supported 5.1 and 7.1 does this mean only speaker system ? because i don't use a speaker system and it would be a waste to buy a sound card for something i am not going to use , i hope i got the point across
 
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That's a USB surround headset. It has it's own "sound card" built in. So if that's all you use for audio there's absolutely 0 point in getting another sound card... it won't be used.

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Jaster_1

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Hi

it will support up to those speakers but you will configure it to whatever speakers you have within the control panel. Most soundcards run off 3.5mm jacks and usually will detect whats plugged in to where. Soundcards are a bit old hat now and other then professional setups might not result in a drastic increase in quality. Check the following

http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/high-end-pc-audio,review-32894.html

What are you connecting it to? This may be the deciding factor of if you should invest in a soundcard.
 
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I am going to buy one for mostly just gaming , but i was wondering if bought a normal sound card(not 7.1) and plugged in my 3.5mm jack headset (which support 7.1 surround sound) will i get surround sound ? or do i have to buy a sound card that supports 7.1 ? i am very sorry i am really bad at explaining things but hopefully this will make question clearer
 
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TheErolley

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Max number of available channels for speakers, headphones or both ?
 
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Getting well off topic here. 5.1 is 5 normal range channels and 1 low frequency channel. 7.1 is 7 channels with 1 low frequency channel. A stereo headset is 2 channels (left and right) any soundcard that says 7.1 has a maximum of seven channels and one low frequency channel but will do 5.1, 4.0 (Quad), 2.1, 2.0 dependant on whats connected.

You need to look at what you are connecting. A standard 3.5mm jack headset is usually 2.0 (Stereo) which means theres not real much point in you purchasing a sound card. You may be better off purchasing a USB based headset which will have its own audio processing meaning a soundcard wont be of any use to you.

Which headset have you got?

 
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