What sound card? [Archive] - Overclockers Forums

Firestrider

01-23-04, 03:49 PM

What sound card should I get for games such as halflife, counterstrike, day of defeat, and warcraft 3?

I guess budget is < $100

Audigy 2 ZS?

LtBlue14

01-23-04, 04:07 PM

turtle beach santa cruz imo

creative = reputation for sucky drivers (borne out by an experience my cousin had with them recently) = i stay away from them

Th0r

01-23-04, 06:38 PM

I have had good sound quality with my Audigy 2 ZS.... I do Recommend it...

STRAY

01-23-04, 07:23 PM

Originally posted by LtBlue14
turtle beach santa cruz imo

creative = reputation for sucky drivers (borne out by an experience my cousin had with them recently) = i stay away from them

http://www.wannabebigforums.com/images/smilies/imwithstupid.gif

Strida

01-24-04, 02:20 AM

TBSC is good, as is the Audigy or above. However, I prefer the TBSC to the Audigy, and the Audigy 2 to the TBSC.

I liked my TBSC more than my current Sound Storm, but I gave the TBSC to a friend in need.

Rezin777

01-24-04, 02:47 AM

I throw in another vote for the Santa Cruz, it worked great for me. Also, you can usually find some killer deals on this card.

Mr.Radar

01-24-04, 10:25 AM

For gaming: Audigy2 ZS
For music: M-Audio Revolution 7.1

Sony

01-24-04, 04:30 PM

I have had the Santa Cruz for 4 years now and haven't had a single problem with it go for the TBSC it's great for only $40-$60.

Evnas

01-24-04, 04:51 PM

My vote is for the Audigy 2 ZS. I own it, and I love it. I'll also note that I havent had any driver problems at all in the 6 years I've been using Creative's soundcards, except a conflict between nForce and SB drivers, but that was nVidia's problem (which they did fix with the latest)

Also, the software that comes with the Audigy 2 ZS, I must say, is very impressive. Adding EAX effects to your music, movies, etc adds a big bonus to the experiance IMO, and theres a whole slew of other stuff that can be done with MediaSource.

And if you couple the Audigy 2 ZS with WinDVD for playing movies (if you do on your computer that is), theres another whole set of features to play with because InterVideo and Creative have partnered together

Sirius

01-25-04, 12:25 PM

Audigy 2 ZS is the way.

Arkangyl

01-25-04, 02:33 PM

I'm lovin my Audigy 2 ZS...

TechnoNRGKid

02-03-04, 07:22 AM

I seen reviews on this site, and seen the 24/196khz and asio support for the audigy 2 and that made me go out and get it.
Im lovin it too. Best deal ive gotten in a while. Great games came with it and usefull software ( for now lol ).