PC Peripherals Which soundcard should i buy ?

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Which sound card should i buy out of the following

1.Creative Labs Sound Blaster AUDIGY2 ZS - PCI Soundcard -- 85 $

2. Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Value - Sound Card Dolby Digital 7.1 - 63$

Also what is the difference between the 2 and also suggest some other soundcard within 100$ if better than this.
 
If you have such a nice budget, get an HDA X-Mystique instead of audigy. It does DDL in hardware. Most ppl who switched to that from the audigy seemed to be hearing new things :)
 
techmaster said:
Whats the price and from where in US can I buy it ?

Also Chaos what is the diff between ZS and value cards?
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ZS has firewire, gold plated connectors and extra I/O options over the value. If you wanna get an audigy2, get the value OEM version and save some cash.
 
zhopudey said:
The DDl in hardware is only useful if he has a spk system with digital in, or else an av- reciever.
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creative drivers suck. i'd say go for HDA X-Mystique..
btw
which speakers have it? say within Rs 10000

HDA review here:
Pros:
* Great sound quality.
* Very low CPU usage.
* Dolby Digital Live encoder with DTS,DTS-ES,DD-EX support.
* Price.
* Not a Creative Labs product.

Cons:
* Availability

http://www.ngohq.com/home.php?page=articles&go=page3&arc_id=29
 
Be very careful if you own a nForce3 Mobo and going for the Audigy 2 ZS. Seems that theres a compatibility problem with these mobos. it seems this the pc does a BSOD with a horrible screeching sound very randomly while using the card. Theres a 40 page theard in the creative forums over this. Through its working fine with my pc, people who have the same config as mine are also facing this problem.
 
lord_nemesis said:
Be very careful if you own a nForce3 Mobo and going for the Audigy 2 ZS. Seems that theres a compatibility problem with these mobos. it seems this the pc does a BSOD with a horrible screeching sound very randomly while using the card. Theres a 40 page theard in the creative forums over this. Through its working fine with my pc, people who have the same config as mine are also facing this problem.
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Hm... is it limited to the ZS or also a problem with other audigy cards? I get the screeching sound issue in farcry with EAX enabled even though its not a ZS. However no BSODs.
 
Chaos, that is because Audigy LS does not have hardware EAX mixing, check again, Farcry DOes need hw mixing. I got the same problem too.
 
lord_nemesis said:
Be very careful if you own a nForce3 Mobo and going for the Audigy 2 ZS. Seems that theres a compatibility problem with these mobos. it seems this the pc does a BSOD with a horrible screeching sound very randomly while using the card. Theres a 40 page theard in the creative forums over this. Through its working fine with my pc, people who have the same config as mine are also facing this problem.
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no problem like this for me never got screeching sound. I also having nforce3 mobo
 
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