Best soundcard for my needs?

Hey,

Before any MODS get their panties up in a bunch, i'm posting in the RIGHT SECTION about something I HAVEN'T ADDRESSED yet.

Thanks.


Okay, so basically I'm looking for a sound card for my new gaming build.

I will mainly be gaming while wearing Astro A40 Headsets.

I'm looking for the best quality and rolling bass and sound.

Also, when I'm just using pc normally or have friends over, I'd like to use the Logtiech Z906 speakers (with 500W sub), so I was wondering if you could also suggest which would play those to their full capacity nicely.

Thankyou,
Liam

*BUMP*

Try the onboard audio first. It's quite good on good quality boards.

As for driving speakers, the best way is to use an optical connection to a digital amplifier. In that case, as long as the sound card is capable of bit perfect output (Intel HD audio should do that quite nicely), the signal on the line is just data so the sound card has no effect on quality.