Good, cheap 5.1 sound card
Hey folks,
I'm looking for a good, cheap 5.1 soundcard that I can pick up somewhere in downtown Toronto.
I've got a great 7.1 card built into my motherboard, and I use that for a set of 5.1 headphones I've got, but I also have 5.1 speakers that I sometimes use. Every time I want to switch I have to get up and go to the back of the computer to fiddle around. It's not terrible, but it does get annoying.
I've got a Creative 5.1 Live! from years ago that I put in, but unfortunately it isn't supported in Win7. I googled the issue and saw others had the same problem - I tried several solutions but none worked. The closest solution was using the great, open-source kX drivers and while they worked when I put it in 5.1 mode the speakers would occasionally emit a crackling, popping sound, which was annoying.
I tried a couple other solutions to the drivers, but nothing worked.
I figure if I can pick up a decent, Win 7 5.1 sound card for $20 that should be good. I checked Canadacomputers.com but their cheapest (decent-looking) card is the Audigy 7.1 at $30.
Any thoughts?
Cheers!
I'm looking for a good, cheap 5.1 soundcard that I can pick up somewhere in downtown Toronto.
I've got a great 7.1 card built into my motherboard, and I use that for a set of 5.1 headphones I've got, but I also have 5.1 speakers that I sometimes use. Every time I want to switch I have to get up and go to the back of the computer to fiddle around. It's not terrible, but it does get annoying.
I've got a Creative 5.1 Live! from years ago that I put in, but unfortunately it isn't supported in Win7. I googled the issue and saw others had the same problem - I tried several solutions but none worked. The closest solution was using the great, open-source kX drivers and while they worked when I put it in 5.1 mode the speakers would occasionally emit a crackling, popping sound, which was annoying.
I tried a couple other solutions to the drivers, but nothing worked.
I figure if I can pick up a decent, Win 7 5.1 sound card for $20 that should be good. I checked Canadacomputers.com but their cheapest (decent-looking) card is the Audigy 7.1 at $30.
Any thoughts?
Cheers!