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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Hoarach on August 29, 2008, 04:51:43 PM

Title: Just for future reference.....
Post by: Hoarach on August 29, 2008, 04:51:43 PM

Does anyone know of a site that sells laptop sound cards?

Title: Re: Just for future reference.....
Post by: BaldEagl on August 29, 2008, 05:58:07 PM

Here's a laptop Creative X-Fi at newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102016

There's also a cardbus card in the souncards section.

Title: Re: Just for future reference.....
Post by: Hoarach on August 29, 2008, 08:23:52 PM

Thats what I should of mentioned...a cardbus card..and recommendations. 

I would rather not take apart the laptop to install a sound card.  Just one to stick in the pcmcia or whatever they are called on laptops.  Just a halfway decent card to stick in the slot but dont want to spend more than $60.

Also just out of curiosity how are the USB ones?  I see creative labs makes a surround sound 5.1 that connects through USB.  I have a feeling they arent as good as a pcmcia card but just curious.

Title: Re: Just for future reference.....
Post by: NHawk on August 30, 2008, 06:13:53 AM

Keep in mind that each item connected to USB starts eating away at the available speed of the USB port and eating away at CPU usage. And a sound card will really bang away at both.

The fewer things connected to USB the better.