Audigy advanced sound blaster

marylee

When I bought my Dell Dimension 5150,Home Edition I have added the audigy advanced sound blaster for £17+. I still do not know whether I needed this and I could have done without. The PC came with a software and now when I log in, it's asking me whether I want to register it. Please what is this, CS said it will improve the sound if I listen to music or watch DVD and I do neither. I am just curious to know so that next time I will know what to do. Also if I want a better keyboard and mouse, do I have to install again, do keyboard and mouse come with software. Sorry for such a silly question. Thanks

mdb99jh

If you don't listen to music, watch DVDs or play games on your PC then no, you definitely don't need a fancy sound card like soundblaster audigy.

If you want a new keyboard and mouse you can go ahead and do that. Most stuff you can just plug in and it works with windows XP, although some fancy keyboards will come with some software that you will need to install, although this should be very straighforward.

HTH

marylee

mdb99jh wrote:

If you don't listen to music, watch DVDs or play games on your PC then no, you definitely don't need a fancy sound card like soundblaster audigy.

If you want a new keyboard and mouse you can go ahead and do that. Most stuff you can just plug in and it works with windows XP, although some fancy keyboards will come with some software that you will need to install, although this should be very straighforward.

HTH

Thanks for this. guess I have wasted £17+. I will know next time,did not get the best advice from CS.

intel

The sound card for £17 will give a better sound than just onboard sound.

I would of spent the money myself.

The Sound Blaster® Audigy™ SE is an excellent value upgrade to 7.1 surround sound on the PC. Featuring high quality audio specifications including 24-bit/96kHz recording and playback with 100dB signal to noise ratio and digital output, it's the ideal partner for surround music and movie playback. For realistic gaming, EAX® ADVANCED HD™ 3.0 support delivers acoustic effects and detailed 7.1 3D surround sound in gaming. The included Creative Media Source™ software is a comprehensive tool for creating MP3s, managing a music collection, adding effects and burning custom CD compilations.


Product Description Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE - sound card

Device Type Sound card

Enclosure Type Plug-in card

Interface Type PCI

Signal Processor Creative Audigy SE

Sound Output Mode 7.1 channel surround

DAC Data Width 24-bit

Sample Rate 8 kHz (min) - 96 kHz (max)

Signal-To-Noise Ratio 100 dB

Max Speakers Qty 8

Package Type Bulk

System Requirements Microsoft Windows XP SP1, Microsoft Windows 2000 SP4, Microsoft Windows XP Professional x64 Edition

wolfman

Plus it'll save your CPU doing some work as it'll deal with some of the processing. Probably wouldn't be noticeable though.

Still for £17, that's not a bad price for the upgrade, although if you're not going to use it then maybe not.