Is it worth getting a sound card?

I would say yes. I was using onboard with BF3 and it sounded good. I bought the Xonar DG 5.1 on the advice from here and the difference was mind blowing. Directional sound in games is much,much better and music sounds clearer even on my Creative HS-620's which are a budget headset.
 
I would definitely say it's worth it :) When I had a PC, I bought the Asus Xonar D2 and the sound quality compared to your basic on-board sound card is incredible - Especially through some decent speakers :)
 
I havn't got any decent headphone to hand (only a crappy headset with a mic), It's connected to a yamaha as-500 amp and mission mx3 speakers.
BF3/Music sounds completely different compared to the onboard sound, Even to my untrained ears :D
 
From what I read when doing my research on them there is no difference between the PCI-E and PCI cards except the PCI-E ones need a floppy connector from the PSU and the PCI ones don't. Apparently Asus give the reason for that as the power from a PSU for the PCI-E cards is 'cleaner' than motherboard sound and helps with interference.

I think it comes to a choice of what fits better in your mobo as some don't have a PCI slot any more and the PCI-E cards obviously fit into any PCI-E slot.
 
I was thinking of grabbing a soundcard, however I only have a crappy £16 set of 2.1 speakers and a set of earphone and a Corsair Vengeance Headset. Was never to sure on what sort of a difference it would make. Don't really have the money for soundcard and speakers atm. But let me know if it's better haha.
 
Collider said:
From what I read when doing my research on them there is no difference between the PCI-E and PCI cards except the PCI-E ones need a floppy connector from the PSU and the PCI ones don't. Apparently Asus give the reason for that as the power from a PSU for the PCI-E cards is 'cleaner' than motherboard sound and helps with interference.

I think it comes to a choice of what fits better in your mobo as some don't have a PCI slot any more and the PCI-E cards obviously fit into any PCI-E slot.
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Thanks again for your help, interesting, I'll have to look into this then :)
 
Antony101 said:
I was thinking of grabbing a soundcard, however I only have a crappy £16 set of 2.1 speakers and a set of earphone and a Corsair Vengeance Headset. Was never to sure on what sort of a difference it would make. Don't really have the money for soundcard and speakers atm. But let me know if it's better haha.
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I'm sure it would make a difference with your Corsair headset, unless they are USB. Speakers are too cheap really, to get any benefit of a sound card. A Xonar DG would be a good choice, but only if your Corsair headset is analogue and not USB.

The amount of people that want to buy a sound card to improve a USB headset! *face palm*
 
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