Sound Card Digital v Motherboard Digital out

renocasino · Jan 29, 2012, 03:30 PM

Hi my name is Reno 1st time on Forum

I have a son who wants to buy a good sound card

He just got the New Logitech Speaker System 5.1 Z906 And loves his music

H e runs windows 7 Ult and has a not bad PC System

He has an extra PCI E x1 Slot he can use but there is limited room
because of the v/card and cooling system

After some great PM with some of your Top members i finaly know what
iam going to get its the

Creative Labs PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

The problem I have is Limited room in Length for this sound card
I was wonderiing if any of the member have this Soundcard that
can tell me how long it is Before I go and buy one

Other wise I will have to down grade to a white PCI slot which I would rather not do

OR Use the Motherboard Digital out

The space I have left in the PCI E X 1 is....115 mm Long

Thank you all Reno

mkk · Jan 29, 2012, 06:23 PM

First check if there might happen to be an optical or coaxial digital connection coming out of the motherboard in the back. Quite a few motherboards do have those, and when using a digital output the quality of the sound is much better than the analog ports integrated onto the motherboard. And in case you'd need a separate sound card the digital options would be the best thing to look for.

renocasino · Jan 30, 2012, 02:01 AM

Thanks mKK I had a look at the motherboard connections and you were write it has got a Digital out put .The Motherboard link is

[COLOR=#000000]http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2839#ov[/COLOR]
Speakers link is

[COLOR=#000000]http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Logitech-Z906-Speaker-System-Review/[/COLOR]
Soundcard Link is

[COLOR=#000000]http://www.amazon.com/Creative-SB0880-Express-Blaster-Titanium/dp/B001E25KDK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1327922164&sr =1-1[/COLOR]
Do you think that the Digital out on this Motherboard is Better or The Same .....as the Digital out on This Sound Card.

I Still need someone to help me with the measurments of the Sound Card

L x W x H It must be no longer than 115 mm

renocasino · Feb 1, 2012, 10:04 PM

Thanks Everyone for all your Help I think everything will be OK Now .

Judas · Feb 1, 2012, 11:27 PM

yup.. when it comes to outputting true digital to anything .. it doesn't matter if it's sound card or onboard sound.. the result is identical unless either has a specific function/feature like Dolby Digital LIVE! or DTS CONNECT which makes a huge difference for those using fiber optic/toslink/coax digital on a 5.1 surround sound speaker setup.

renocasino · Feb 3, 2012, 01:36 PM

Thanks for that Judas We just Instaled a
Creative Labs PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium

on my sons PC We got the we got the 5.1 going on the normal 5.1 jacks

now we are trying to get the optical jack going with an optical cable
after turning off the sound drivers from the Bios .which we did before we installed the card

He just got the new Logitech-Z906-Speaker-System.
and has a not bad PC .

Jan 29, 2012, 03:30 PM	#1
renocasino renocasino Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: AUSTRALIA ..Victoria Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Sound Card Digital v Motherboard Digital out Hi my name is Reno 1st time on Forum I have a son who wants to buy a good sound card He just got the New Logitech Speaker System 5.1 Z906 And loves his music H e runs windows 7 Ult and has a not bad PC System He has an extra PCI E x1 Slot he can use but there is limited room because of the v/card and cooling system After some great PM with some of your Top members i finaly know what iam going to get its the Creative Labs PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium The problem I have is Limited room in Length for this sound card I was wonderiing if any of the member have this Soundcard that can tell me how long it is Before I go and buy one Other wise I will have to down grade to a white PCI slot which I would rather not do OR Use the Motherboard Digital out The space I have left in the PCI E X 1 is....115 mm Long Thank you all Reno Last edited by renocasino; Jan 30, 2012 at 01:33 AM. Reason: Just New did not Explain to good

Jan 29, 2012, 06:23 PM	#2
mkk Cthulhu/Dagon 2012 Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Gefle, Sweden Posts: 4,489 Rep Power: 132 System Specs	re: Sound Card Digital v Motherboard Digital out First check if there might happen to be an optical or coaxial digital connection coming out of the motherboard in the back. Quite a few motherboards do have those, and when using a digital output the quality of the sound is much better than the analog ports integrated onto the motherboard. And in case you'd need a separate sound card the digital options would be the best thing to look for.

Jan 30, 2012, 02:01 AM	Thread Starter #3
renocasino renocasino Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: AUSTRALIA ..Victoria Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	re: Sound Card Digital v Motherboard Digital out Thanks mKK I had a look at the motherboard connections and you were write it has got a Digital out put .The Motherboard link is [COLOR=#000000]http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2839#ov[/COLOR] Speakers link is [COLOR=#000000]http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Logitech-Z906-Speaker-System-Review/[/COLOR] Soundcard Link is [COLOR=#000000]http://www.amazon.com/Creative-SB0880-Express-Blaster-Titanium/dp/B001E25KDK/ref=sr_1_1?s=electronics&ie=UTF8&qid=1327922164&sr =1-1[/COLOR] Do you think that the Digital out on this Motherboard is Better or The Same .....as the Digital out on This Sound Card. I Still need someone to help me with the measurments of the Sound Card L x W x H It must be no longer than 115 mm Last edited by renocasino; Jan 30, 2012 at 11:25 AM. Reason: Fix Links

Feb 1, 2012, 10:04 PM	Thread Starter #4
renocasino renocasino Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: AUSTRALIA ..Victoria Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Re: Sound Card Digital v Motherboard Digital out Thanks Everyone for all your Help I think everything will be OK Now .

Feb 3, 2012, 01:36 PM	Thread Starter #6
renocasino renocasino Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: AUSTRALIA ..Victoria Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Re: Sound Card Digital v Motherboard Digital out Thanks for that Judas We just Instaled a Creative Labs PCI Express Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium on my sons PC We got the we got the 5.1 going on the normal 5.1 jacks now we are trying to get the optical jack going with an optical cable after turning off the sound drivers from the Bios .which we did before we installed the card He just got the new Logitech-Z906-Speaker-System. and has a not bad PC .