Turtle Beach - SAnta Cruz vs. Montego??

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looking to upgrade my sound card. i am not a big audiophile. just like
to listen to music and play games. will i get better sound from
upgrading my Santa Cruz to a Montego? i am not open to a
Soundblaster...i have no need for all the extra stuff including all
the extra drivers and stuff they install.

thanks in advance for the opinions.
tw

 

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 23:13:02 -0500, GolfNut wrote:

> looking to upgrade my sound card. i am not a big audiophile. just like to
> listen to music and play games. will i get better sound from upgrading my
> Santa Cruz to a Montego? i am not open to a Soundblaster...i have no need
> for all the extra stuff including all the extra drivers and stuff they
> install.
>
> thanks in advance for the opinions.
> tw

Doubtful.

 

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On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 23:13:02 -0500, GolfNut
<t_d_white@removeme-hotmail.com> wrote:

>looking to upgrade my sound card. i am not a big audiophile. just like
>to listen to music and play games. will i get better sound from
>upgrading my Santa Cruz to a Montego? i am not open to a
>Soundblaster...i have no need for all the extra stuff including all
>the extra drivers and stuff they install.
>
>thanks in advance for the opinions.
>tw

I would just stick with your Santa Cruz the Montego looks like
overkill for your needs. I have a Santa Cruz and it is a good card for
music and good enough for games too. I also have an Audigy2 in another
PC and it is a better gaming card and music sounds pretty good. The
driver updates for Audigy2 can be done just like Windows update now so
it's pretty painless. That's the method I use, I just let Creative
scan my currently installed drivers and it installs the needed driver
updates for you over the web.