PCI Express x1 sound card????????

[bctaaka]

Was thinking about doing something with my empty pci-e x1 slots ....know a bunch of us have them....and was wondering if there are any good sound cards for this slot?

If so in yalls opinion whats the best one for the $$$$$ ?



on another note....

know any other good hardware for pci-e x1 slots? or are these useless?

 

[bctaaka]

um........... bump*

 

[dobby]

nah there kind of useless right now, i think there might 1 x-Fi card whihc can use it i cant remember, also i think there are some NIC that use it.

 

[Camikazi]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102019
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102021
for Creative cards and

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132006
and
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132005
for Asus cards, have heard good things abou the Asus cards but haven't used so can't say from experience.

 

[chookman]

2nd Camikazi, I would also say that you can get ALOT of RAID controllers on PCI-e these days (i own Adaptec 3805 thats on 4xPCI-e) i think ive also seen a network card or 2 (server type) that utilise PCI-e

 

[bctaaka]

damn those are some expensive a$$ sound cards....have the realtek hd audio codec on my gigabyte mobo already connected to some bose speakers so they sound pretty f'in good

that being sad : is there that big of a difference between a sound card and the hd audio codec ? quality and performance wise?

Thanks for the responses and kicking some knowledge @ me guys

 

[bctaaka]

well i take it from your x-fi FATAL1TY card that you are quietly implying yes.

But did you mainly get it for extreme gaming purposes,audio editing, or what?
as I just don't really see the point in spending $200 for a new sound card and by no means am an audiophile

my sound is fine and i could use that money to get a 4850 or other multiple upgrades

 

[V3NOM]

tons of sound cards and RAID controllers on pci e x1

 

[Balthazor]

The X-Fi Titanium PCI-E is nice, but avoid the 'X-Fi eXtreme Audio PCI-E.'