PCI-E vs USB sound card

Davy_b

Davy_b

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An internal gaming sound card will always be better than an external one.

I don't play BF3, and have no knowledge about any issues Punkbuster may have with PCIE. Someone else will have to confirm that if it is a problem. This is the first time I have heard of it, and there are a load of people on these forums that have BF3 and a PCIE sound card. If there were any issues, I would expect there would be quite a few threads about it already.
 
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Davy_b said:
Hey guys looking for some advice which would be the better sound card one mounted to the motherboard or a external USB one ,
It will mainly be for gaming and I have heard that BF3 / Punkbuster doesn't like PCI-E sound cards ??

Was thinking between

USB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-081-CL&groupid=701&catid=1925&subcat=

PCI-E
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-001-AS&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
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I've never had a problem with my PCIE card with BF3. Where did you get that info?
 
I use one of these Creative X-Fi HD USB Soundcard, switched from one of these Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium.

Personally I cannot tell the difference, the external USB sounds that little be clearer to be honest. I switched because they have full sized headphone/microphone jacks on the front and i can connect it to my Corsair SP2500 using RCA jacks. It also gave my SLI GFX cards more room to breathe.

Oh and I play BF3 and it produces sound just as well as an internal, great stereo positioning as well using the headphone jack.
 
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BF3 and the Phoebus don't play well together but that's down to the Asus driver not PCIe.

I just got the card but don't own BF3 so not a problem for me.
 
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