what sound card if any?

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Ok basically I have just purchased a logitech X-540 5.1 system. Im thinking of buying a new soundcard to go with the new system. I want to know if its worth buying a new card or to stay with my onboard sound. I tend to only play two games a lot counter-strike 1.6 and counter-strike source, for which i use my sennheiser HD595 headphones. I wanted the new system for music, movies and maybe crysis now and then. Currently the only problem I have with the onboard sound is it tends to crackle when I load a webpage in firefox or move the mouse over a website with heavy adverts such as sun.co.uk. My budget is £50

System Spec
  • CPU: Intel Quad Core 3.1GB
  • GFX: GF8800 GT 512MB
  • RAM: Giel Blackdragon 4-4-4-12 4GB
  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3
  • Onboard Sound: Realtek High Definition 7.1 ALC889A
  • O/S: Windows Vista Home 32bit
  • Speakers: Logitech X-540 5.1 surround sound
 
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I have them headphones at home, Xonar DX soundcard goes very well with it! :D

Or maybe you can get a Xonar D1, haven't looked but the D1 or DX are around £50-60 I think, well worth it.

Set CSS to 5.1 and use Dolby Headphone, will sound awesome.
 
sounds good, so im assuming im going to notice a massive difference between this xonar card and realtek onboard?

Im thinking of waiting a month for the price to come down. Any ideas if the price will be coming down anytime soon?
 
sounds good, so im assuming im going to notice a massive difference between this xonar card and realtek onboard?

Im thinking of waiting a month for the price to come down. Any ideas if the price will be coming down anytime soon?

The price hasn't moved since when I bought one in May so doubt it.
 
I noticed a big difference especially with music and movies, dolby headphone is a great feature, 5.1 surround on my DR100 headphones ;) im sure it would be even better with your 595's.

No idea about the price, I paid what it is now, which was 5 weeks ago.
 
great im definetly going to get it then. As everyones comments are just too positive to ignore.

P.S should i completely forget about any of the X-Fi products, does the xonar **** all over them?
 
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