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The Soundblaster Z is the best sound card around for the money. You get Creative Labs years of knowledge and research, solid build quality and the features only they can provide. The sound quality is superb, though you will need a good set of speakers to really make the most of it. For those wanting to take their audio to the next level, it even has Dolby Digital and DTS built in and optical outputs to connect to the latest amps or players. On board sound just doesn't have this. There is one thing you do have to take into account though, you have to have the right PCI slot on your motherboard available. AsRock and Asus make boards with the slot available, but, Gigiabyte don't. If you have a high end graphics card like an NVidia installed, it will hide the PCI slot you need on a Gigabyte board. Provided you have the right board the Soundblaster Z is a breeze to install, with all drivers and software on an included DVD. There is also an auto update service so you can keep it all up to date. If you want superior quality sound for a great price then the Soundblaster Z is the sound card for you!Read full review
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Fitting the card was a pain as I only have one slot on my motherboard, and it was being used. Ho hum..aint that always the way :) Only the drivers could be installed, as the other software is just a manipulation of windows media player, and if you do not use media player you do not get to install the software! On first use the sound was so loud it was deafening. After adjusting the master sound slider, it was better, but some windows sounds were still very loud, and others quiet. Every little crackle, hiss and pop my computer made, came through clear as a bell; I was not happy with that at all. The sound quality from music and games was just the same as my old card, no better at all. I had to send my card back to the seller as it had a fault with half volume in the right channel, but to be quiet honest it was a relief. I switched back to my old "Chinese no brand" 32bit Win XP pci 8 channel card, which was so much better in every way. I only changed it as I thought my pc would fair better using a 64bit card. When I compare the price of each card, I realise the cost of hype. Read full review
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A moment to remember sounds crisp and low mixing high with low sounds with no buzz or tin can rattle awesome
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More than twice as good as on board sound from a pro mother board. Using quality floor standing speakers.
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really nice card thank you
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