jcmusic Posted December 18, 2006 Share Posted December 18, 2006 What exactly is a sound card? and where is it located? Why do I need it? What is it's function? Jay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speedball Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 It has something to do with computers..........How's that for a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darkside Posted December 21, 2006 Share Posted December 21, 2006 http://computer.howstuffworks.com/sound-card.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaohm Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 Computer Guru to the rescue! A sound card is a device that allows someone to hear music, sound effects, movies, and anyother audio effect. In a (modern pc) multimedia system this is an almost essential peripherial. In every PC built since 2000-2001-ish the Sound chip is usualy built in to the motherboard. Such chips are often called onboard sound and are usualy very low quality and sound muddy. A sound card is an expansion or separate from the motherboard and usualy offers better quality sound with features like multichannel audio, sound up-mixing, pop and crackle removal, and high end DAC's that are found on very expensive audio equipment (like Denon or Onkyo Integra). It's almost always recomended that onboard sound be disabled or not used in favor of a sound card. Before 2000-2001 sound cards were avalable in two types: ISA (obsolete) and PCI. Now you can buy PCI, and 1394 aka firewire aka i.Link, and USB. If you are buying a soundcard (and I recomend Onkyo or Creative labs X-Fi Fatlity or X-Fi Elite or X-Fi Platinum) be sure to get a PCI version. Do not buy USB, you will waste your money, slow your PC down (maybe 5-15%-ish), and get poor sound with very few features like up mixing. 1394 is an ok type and you can use it, but make it a second choice with USB as your last resort. Recomended Products http://www.audiocubes.com/product/Onkyo_SE-200PCI_HD_PCI_Digital_Audio_Board.htmlhttp://soundblaster.com/products/x-fi/ Information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundcard http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundblaster http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ac97 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megaohm Posted January 13, 2007 Share Posted January 13, 2007 http://www.geekstuff4u.com/product_info.php?manufacturers_id=&products_id=446 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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