johnanderson
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I'm thinking about getting an Alien DAC to use since most of my music listening comes from sitting in front of my computer. I just wanted to know if a DAC is good enough for gaming or if I should just get a better sound card. Right now I'm using a crappy sound blaster live that I got for $10. My options right now are:
1. Alien DAC $40
2. Chaintech AV-710 $40
3. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic $66
I'm not really familiar with the drivers for DAC's but I have heard recently that creative stopped creating drivers b/c their sound cards weren't compatible with vista or something (someone correct me if I'm wrong here). As per my budget, I'm trying to stay below the $100 mark. I was also thinking about just getting a DAC and switching between that and my crappy sound card for music and gaming. If anyone has any other opinions please let me know.
1. Alien DAC $40
2. Chaintech AV-710 $40
3. Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic $66
I'm not really familiar with the drivers for DAC's but I have heard recently that creative stopped creating drivers b/c their sound cards weren't compatible with vista or something (someone correct me if I'm wrong here). As per my budget, I'm trying to stay below the $100 mark. I was also thinking about just getting a DAC and switching between that and my crappy sound card for music and gaming. If anyone has any other opinions please let me know.