Sound Card Newbie. I just bought my first sound card. It's a SoundBlaster Live! LS and it was $30. And I noticed it puts out 16-bit sound. Is there a big difference between 16-bit and 24-bit sound? <b><font color=red> ATI 9600Pro </font color=red></b><b...

Sound Card Newbie, need advice. Hey I'm building my own PC for the first time and consequently, i know basically nothing about the sound cards out there right now. I have a TON of mp3's on my hard drive right now (which i'm gonna use in my new machine) and...

generic questions, that maybe other graphics card newbies can learn from when shopping for reviewed cards only to find a smorgasbord of options & variation when looking for that "paticular" card. THANKS! (sorry for the length of this question). Appreciate...

Graphics card newbie, need to buy asap, please help. Hi all, Found this forum today. Thought I'd ask because I'm basically clueless lol It's a few more questions than just a graphics card so here goes. What I want to do is upgrade my PC to use programs...

Newbie Sound Card ?. I'm looking at motherboard with this in description:" Audio Subsystem With external high quality 5.1-Channel AC'97 Codec". I am also looking at a sound card that says "configuration: 5.1". Is this how sound cards and motherboards are matched?...

Newbie to Sound Cards - I need advice!. I never really cared about my sound card much (Integrated has always been fine), but now I think I want some surround sound. I saw NewEgg.com had SoundBlaster Live! on sale for $33, and a SoundBlaster Audigy Gamer for...

sound card question. I don't know if I am in the right place because I am a newbie here. I am going to get a sound card for my Compaq 5wv270. I don't want anything fancy or expensive I just want some sound lol. What would be a good inexpensive sound card that...

due to a hardware conflict, dodgy drivers or is the card a dud? Thanks a lot. Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windows.networking.wireless () I'm going to reply to my own posting cos I solved it! There was a conflict with my sound card (Yamaha)...

to connect to the sound card is only one jack. The sound card has 2 connections 1 for front and 1 for rear(correct?) Could I just put this one jack into the main connector of the sound card and be done with it? Or will I need to hook up speakers to this...

would be on all the time. Is that with all 5.1 speakers and 5.1 sound cards? Should I have gotten more expensive speakers and a better sound card? Help a newbie out...you were once one too...wansnt it nice when they helped you... :-) Normal. But lots...