I built my current PC about 2.5 years ago and have been using on-board sound from my EVGA nForce 780i. It's been working fine, but I know I could do much better. Rather than purchasing a new sound card, I've considered popping in my old SB Audigy Platinum (yes, the original Audigy line from way back), and am looking for some advise on this.
My PC is primarily for gaming, and I'm hoping this card will take the game-audio load off of my CPU. I'm also hoping for better sound quality. It also has the front-panel with optical in & out, headphone jack, SPDIF in & out, and a remote. I have a 5.1 speaker setup (x-540), so I have no need for the 7.1 capability of the on-board audio system.
I didn't install this card in my new system when I built it b/c of the incompatabilities with Windows Vista, and I didn't want to deal with ALchemy (or whatever is involved). I'm willing to get this working now, if it's worth it. BTW, I'm now running Win 7 64-bit. Does it has the same problems as Vista?
Thanks!
My PC is primarily for gaming, and I'm hoping this card will take the game-audio load off of my CPU. I'm also hoping for better sound quality. It also has the front-panel with optical in & out, headphone jack, SPDIF in & out, and a remote. I have a 5.1 speaker setup (x-540), so I have no need for the 7.1 capability of the on-board audio system.
I didn't install this card in my new system when I built it b/c of the incompatabilities with Windows Vista, and I didn't want to deal with ALchemy (or whatever is involved). I'm willing to get this working now, if it's worth it. BTW, I'm now running Win 7 64-bit. Does it has the same problems as Vista?
Thanks!