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    Great laptop sound card for gaming / etc.

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by miscolobo, Sep 12, 2008.

  1. miscolobo

    miscolobo Notebook Deity

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    Hey guys, im tired of the slobby internal sound card and want a great one which will have crystal clear sound and overall great performance!

    Is there any specific sound card that is good for laptops?

    My laptop sepcs are below. if you guys could suggest some great ones it would be greatly appreciated!



    I found 2 over here :


    X-Fi Notebook sound card : 80$ USD

    http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=1&subcategory=206&product=10702


    Creative Live! 24-bit External: 50$ USD
    http://us.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=209&subcategory=669&product=16642



    Suggest me plz!!! :)


    I operate on Vista 32 bit btw,
     
    miscolobo, Sep 12, 2008
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    I've been looking at the ASUS Xonar U1. All the reviews (use Google to find) have indicated it is very good, and one of the better laptop sound cards.
    http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132002

    I'm getting one by end of next week, along with Sennheiser HD555 headphones (also very highly reviewed). I'm hoping the combo of sound card/headphones will give an excellent gaming and music/video entertainment experience.

    I like the X-Fi series, having an XtremeGamer in my desktop PC (and I love it!), but I have read and heard from different people that the laptop cards don't quite match the quality of the desktop X-Fis.
     
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  4. miscolobo

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    is that rly the best one around? o_O
     
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    There were about 10 different sound card models mentioned. I want one thats worth my money and fit for gaming.


    I dont know which one is the best one? I am not too fond of audio stations but if i must buy one. i will
     
    miscolobo, Sep 13, 2008
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