Quote Originally Posted by Sajuuk View Post
http://www.head-fi.org/forum/list/46

Have fun.

My only advice: Don't buy creative. Heard lots of crap about them (driver/compatibility issues)
never had a major problem with Creative sound cards, and I have even used the emu sounfont compatibility in a professional recording studio setup with no issues what so ever. the only driver problems I have encountered, where early AWE64 64bit drivers, back when 64 bit O/S's first hit the market.

each to their own i suppose..

Quote Originally Posted by Littleburst View Post
That's to late i'm affraid :P

I allready got great speakers and well, the sound that came out of them before i put a soundcard in it, wasn't bad at all. After putting the soundcard in it, i'm really doubting if there is a big difference in the soundquality.

I've turned my pc off, took the soundcard out, restarted it, played some music/movies to see how it sounds. Turned pc off again, put the soundcard back in and it's really hard to tell what the difference is.

How do i check if it actually works? And the speakerset comes with an USB connection, so they're not connected to the soundcard. Would that make a difference?
you my find some discernible difference in sound quality, depending on what speakers you use, and the room setup you are using, but i very much doubt that you will.
the main reason for using an additional soundcard in a PC today, (if you are not using it for music production) is to alleviate the sound processing task from the main CPU freeing up processing cycles for other tasks. the onboard chips supplied on motherboards are comparable to aftermarket cards for gaming and audio playback.