Need a gaming soundcard with optical out

Muso

Muso

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Hey

Basically I have a super duper soundcard which is for pro audio but sucks at playing games. I'm looking to get a gaming soundcard ideally with a toslink out on it, my initial idea was to get a creative one as these are usually best for gaming but what scares me is the 3 in one multijack thing. I mean its not a standard connector I really need a toslink. Say I can get a converter for the 3.5mm multijack to toslink is there going to be any problems?

Also is Xfi that much better than Audigy 4? in terms of gaming.
 
Hi thanks for the speedy reply

I only use 2 monitors or a pair of headphones so surround really isn't important. I don't plan to use any of the other connections on the soundcard as everything will be going through the pro soundcard I'm using. So in essence the gaming card will just be going via digital out to the Pro card.

Cheers
 
After browsing the creative forum it seems that the 3.55 jack to toslink will not work :(

I don't really wanna pay all that cash when I'm just after a basic gaming card with optical out. I'm looking at 70 quid tops. the only card I've found has been a big pile of poo, some card called a trust, terratec do one but I used them before and theyre quite bad.
 
The Pro soundcard is RME Hammerfall 9632, it sucks at playing games i.e choppy audio, sound will not work at all with some games. This card is simply not designed to play games.
 
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