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Old 07-17-2008, 08:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default external sound card that supports 5.1?

I just got myself a ATi 4870 and HR-03 (FYI video card and Heatsink) for my computer and it ended up taking all the expansion slots on my motherboard, forcing me to remove my x-fi. Now I am looking for a external sound card. I use my computer mainly for gaming and music, right now I have a set of Z 5500 5.1 speakers, and will get a nice pair of headphone in the near future. Any sub-200 external sound card that sound good both for music and gaming?
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I'm also looking for some ok external 5.1 sound card since I replaced my super crappy desktop with a new laptop.
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Do not know if this is the one you are looking for...

Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1 - Expands your music and movies into surround sound
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Its a step-up from XMOD ...so if u dont like XMOD then u wont like X-Fi 5.1 ..

It has more ports & jacks and it also needs Drivers unlike XMOD.

For Gaming its much better due to EAX support
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