Could you help me chose the best sound card for my PC?

Post by **Pete** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 8:51 pm

Hello my friends PS: I just edited my post and change it for a sound card instead of a graphic card.
It's far from a gamer PC. I would like a better graphic card but with this type of PC, even if I get a high end card, I guess that because of the poor performance of the PC, it wouldn't worth it and I should only get a better one but not waste money for the high end one. Would adding more memory help?

Here's my GF PC's system information...

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name MICHELIN-ZQJE4M
System Manufacturer ECS
System Model K7S5A
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 6 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~1095 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. 07.00T, 4/2/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory D:\WINDOWS
System Directory D:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name MICHELIN-ZQJE4M\Mimi
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 256.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 48.06 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 618.01 MB
Page File D:\pagefile.sys

Thanks

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:27 pm

Do eather of you Game on that computer at all?

Post by **Pete** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 9:50 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:Do eather of you Game on that computer at all?

Never. I want it to get a better video image for music video and news on video or Youtube and to get a better resolution for NASA World Wind. I am also thinking about a tv/video card.
Thanks

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 10:15 pm

if you are going on the cheap,

then get another stick of 256megs of ram, ( 256 is not enough, ever ) and check out the Gefoce 5200's, Both of them togeather shouldent run you more then say, ~110 cdn,

if you want to step it up a little and get beter TV out Quality and some power behind it, check out the 7300's they are cheap atm

Post by **Pete** » Sun Sep 24, 2006 11:20 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:if you are going on the cheap,

then get another stick of 256megs of ram, ( 256 is not enough, ever ) and check out the Gefoce 5200's, Both of them togeather shouldent run you more then say, ~110 cdn,

if you want to step it up a little and get beter TV out Quality and some power behind it, check out the 7300's they are cheap atm

I Google and eBay it but I am not sure about it. Is this what you suggest? http://cgi.ebay.ca/nVIDIA-GeForce-7300G ... dZViewItem
If so, it doesn't have rca ports, do I need an adapter to plug it to my tv?
I tought it was only this type of card...

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:29 am

i am talking about somthign like this,
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... 1&NoMapp=0

if you click on the picture where the Box is and etc, you will see the dongle that will allow you to connect Via Svideo/"Rca"

Post by **Pete** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 12:50 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:i am talking about somthign like this,
http://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/ ... 1&NoMapp=0

if you click on the picture where the Box is and etc, you will see the dongle that will allow you to connect Via Svideo/"Rca"

So you mean, through these ports

I connect the dongle/adapter

to use rca connectors.

Post by **Captain** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 1:16 am

"Dongle" still makes me laugh

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Mon Sep 25, 2006 2:08 am

yea, and it is included in most/all videocards that have TV outs.

Post by **Pete** » Wed Oct 04, 2006 10:02 pm

AmIdYfReAk wrote:yea, and it is included in most/all videocards that have TV outs.

Thanks again, sorry I didn't get back to you earlier. I have another question for you. What type of sound card I could get that would play as good as a home theatre system and I could plug my real home stereo speakers on it? Does it exist, a card with a powerfull amplifier, doesn't need to be a 500RMS, just like 40RMS but with a great quality of sound.

Post by **AmIdYfReAk** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:31 am

that depends on alot,

are you feeding it into an amp? or do you want to use PC speakers as your home theater?

Post by **Pete** » Thu Oct 05, 2006 2:57 am

AmIdYfReAk wrote:that depends on alot,

are you feeding it into an amp? or do you want to use PC speakers as your home theater?

GE my friend, either ways must be fine but yes, I was wondering if a simple PC card could have as much power and quality sound as a home amplifier, of course, I guess you'd have to have a powerfull PC as well.