question. The problem is that very, very few soundcards will Decode DD/DTS formats. Encoding (Via DDL/DTS-C) is not an issue though...Nevermind that the only soundcards with RAM are made by Creative, and their cards aren't nearly as good as the competition...

Help me choose between these 4 soundcards. I want to purchase a sound system and a sound card, and I narrowed it down to these four: Auzentech X-fi Forte 7.1 Auzen X-Fi HomeTheater HD ASUS Xonar Essence STX Asus Xonar HDAV1.3 Along with the Onkyo...

are fake posts. Anyways, I heard there was a difference between PCI-E soundcards versus external adapters of some sort? Anyone shed light on this? I'm now also considering a relatively cheap soundcard as my 'entry' into more evolved music production...

is important to note, as any soundcard that you have will often not be used in sound processing. For this reason, many gamers like myself still prefer the older 3.5mm analog jacks. For soundcards, I recommend one of the following: ASUS Xonar D1 (cheap...

or... the AMD Maui) Dear Sir, ALC889 can not decode AC3 stream. You need an AMP/receiver/AC3 decoder. Best regards, PC-Tech Yep. 5.1 can only be transmitted over Spdif in a A3C (Dolby Digital) or DTS stream, due to bandwith limitations. Most soundcards...

Multiple & USB Soundcards. I'm trying to setup multiple soundcards in my HomeSeer Server which is running WHS so that I can have different audio zones through the house. The server has a onboard soundcard which works fine and I can plug in any of my audio...

soundcards under linux. (moved and rephrased from components/soundcards) I'm gonna buy a new computer (amd xp1600+ /linux) and wanna get a soundcard good enough to make music with, price-range <$200. I'll stick to software-synths, maybe a midi-KB. Is linux...

good soundcards. I am connecting my soundcard to an integrated amp and there is quite a bit of noise from the soundcard (its an onboard AC'97) especially when connecting the headphone to lineout. The integrated amp's preamp filters out the noise when a headphone...

a few to many soundcards..... So far on my desk I have a mac mini, gaming rig & laptop, not to mention there's always the possibility of dropping a console down to. What would be the best method of feeding that lot is feeding into a 2.1 speaker system? Cable...

Exactly how important are soundcards?. How much impact do soundcards make when it comes down to Framerate and lag? Does it really use THAT much memory that it'll slow down my framerate when i'm playing?. How much impact do soundcards make when it comes down...