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

Along with an audiophile-grade DAC, the sound card features a 116dB signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). The advantages for gamers that come with the ASUS Strix SOAR include Sonic Radar Pro technology, ...

The sound card requires no drivers, enabling fast and easy use on all computers and laptops. In addition, thanks to the sound card, any headset or headphones with 3.5 mm audio plugs USB DAC ...

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.

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 ...

So I'm looking to seriously update/upgrade my computer speakers so I don't have to wear headphones to have good sound. I'm looking at, right now, perhaps the Pioneer SP-BS22-LR Andrew Jones ...

Of course, you can get most of those perks in a cheaper DAC or sound card. The X7 makes a good case for dedicated audio, but most of its hardware features are wasted with a standard gaming headset ...

So, I've got the Massdrop Sennheiser PC37X Gaming headset coming very soon, yay! =D My current ones are mostly falling apart (several years of use) and have the whole discrete 5.1 speakers thing ...

The PCIe sound card brings new features and a new level of specsmanship. The most attention-grabbing part is the 32-bit, 384KHz ESS ES9016K2M Sabre 32 Ultra DAC (digital audio converter).

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.

A sound card allows computers to have sound. Pretty simple, right? But let’s dig deeper. Here’s a closer look at the tech that defines a sound card, and what to know if you want to buy one ...