Wondering if your PC needs a dedicated sound card? Learn when it’s worth it, what benefits you get, and who really needs one.

TheASUS Strix SOAR is a great PCIe-based sound card for PC gaming that offers excellent performance with its audiophile-grade DAC and 600ohm headphone amplifier.

Dec 6, 2018 #8 Well, with a separate DAC, you still want to leave Windows volume at 100% for maximum quality, so not sure how a USB DAC solves that issue any different than the onboard audio does?

Before Sound Blaster showed me the X7, its $400 all-in-one audio DAC/amplifier, I asked the question that I thought most skeptical PC gamers would want to ask: Is there any need for a dedicated ...

Better than motherboard audio, USB device Sound card or DAC+Amp, only stereo needed, not looking for a super powerful Amp in either case (optional) Mic input I don't see a lot of features there.

We’re out to answer those questions today with our review of Creative Labs’ Sound BlasterX AE-5 PCIe Gaming Sound Card and DAC. Gareth “Gazimoff” Harper has the answers to your questions.

In addition, thanks to the sound card, any headset or headphones with 3.5 mm audio plugs USB DAC “With the SB2, we have made our tried and trusted sound card even better.

Zooming out a bit, the sound card in any computer — or comparable hardware in a CD player — is a DAC, the part of the computer/device that decodes the ones and zeroes into beautiful music.

External Dual DAC USB Sound Card “The Sound Blaster X5 is an external USB DAC and amp sound card that is packed full with top-notch audio components, including 2 Cirrus Logic CS43198 DACs and a ...

Do you need a dedicated sound card in 2019? Creative thinks so and is out to prove it with the brand new Sound Blaster AE-7 Hi-Res DAC/Amp PCI-e sound card. It features premium components, custom ...

The sound card translates audio from digital code to the sound waves as needed. To do this, the card uses a DAC, or digital to analog converter.

Creative Labs' Sound BlasterX AE-5 brings a beefy 32-bit DAC to this sound card made for gamers.