CREATIVE Sound Blaster 5.1VX 5.1-Channel PCI Sound Card - £9.99 @ PCWorld/Currys/Dixons
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The Creative Sound Blaster 5.1VX 5.1-Channel PCI Sound Card is what you need to upgrade from basic on-board audio to fantastic sound quality, especially for gaming or movies!
This sound card boasts CMSS technology that can upmix any stereo input to fantastic 5.1-channel surround sound, ideal to watch your favourite movies! It works with any DVD player that has Dolby Digital or DTS decoding, and is easy to install and use. And the EAX sound effects and the 3D positional audio enhances your gaming experience like never before.
The Creative Sound Blaster 5.1VX 5.1-Channel PCI Sound Card is a great way to go from ordinary sound quality to fantastic deep bass, crisp notes and dialogue, and stunning overall audio quality!
Technical Specifications
Type 5.1-channel sound card
Chassis Internal
Interface PCI
Audio Output Mode 5.1-channel
Features CMSS technology
EAX gaming experience
Norms Dolby Digital
DTS
Inputs Line in
Microphone in
Outputs Line out (front, rear, centre, subwoofer)
Required Configuration Intel® Pentium® 4 1.6 GHz, AMD® Athlon XP 2000+ processor or equivalent
Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
Microsoft® Windows Vista, Windows XP (SP2 or x64 Edition) or Windows 2000 (SP4)
512MB RAM and 600MB of free hard disk space
Available PCI slot
All Comments (43)
Jump to unread Post a Commentpretty much all modern motherboards wont be able to take it. even the ones that say they have pci often dont/cant. i have a v-lx and pci just doesnt fit :/
Why?
They can easily be found for a tenner and they work fine with Win 7. :|
I have this card. Paid £20 at Amazon. Great card!
The motherboard I bought a couple of months ago doesn't. PCI is obsolete and doesn't belong on a modern motherboard.
The motherboard I bought a couple of months ago doesn't. PCI is obsolete and doesn't belong on a modern motherboard.
Many Z77 motherboards still have PCI.. they modern enough for you?
you need to re-read my post. i am perfectly aware that modern motherboards still have pci, i even said that mine does. i simply stated that most modern mobos wont be able to take it. theres 5v pci and theres 3.3v pci. theres pci 1.1 and 2.1. ive got 3 pci cards from older builds and none of them fit my v-lx.
if you buy this without doing quite extensive research into your mobo, you are taking a pretty big risk.
you need to re-read my post. i am perfectly aware that modern motherboards still have pci, i even said that mine does. i simply stated that most modern mobos wont be able to take it. theres 5v pci and theres 3.3v pci. theres pci 1.1 and 2.1. ive got 3 pci cards from older builds and none of them fit my v-lx.
if you buy this without doing quite extensive research into your mobo, you are taking a pretty big risk.
Its also worth adding that on modern motherboards, the 1 pci slot is usually blocked if you have 2 graphics cards.
Edited By: Bumnut53 on Jun 22, 2012 09:14
The motherboard I bought a couple of months ago doesn't. PCI is obsolete and doesn't belong on a modern motherboard.
Most modern motherboards still have a PCI slot, you must have a mATX board?
Usually the only limitation is surrounding voltage as mentioned :)
Edited By: tehwabbit on Jun 22, 2012 09:31
Heat added OP.
Edited By: schnide on Jun 22, 2012 09:36
If you actually want a good third party soundcard there are lots to choose from including:
- ASUS Xonar
- HT | OMEGA
Which aren't mediocre hardware pared with poorly written drivers that cause a broad range of system malfunctions.
Edited By: UnoriginalGuy on Jun 22, 2012 10:18
If you actually want a good third party soundcard there are lots to choose from including:
- ASUS Xonar
- HT | OMEGA
Which aren't mediocre hardware pared with poorly written drivers that cause a broad range of system malfunctions.
Creative make amazing sound cards...
But yeah, if you have a realtek onboard sound you may find that you don't need a new sound card anyway!