Can this work with a built in soundcard or do i need a special card?
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It all depends on your mother board. If it is a gaming motherboard it will most likely have a very good sound card built into it. If you have a cheap one, expect it to have cheap sound.
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This works with build in soundcards, but if you want better quality a dedicated sound card will make it better.
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Well its 7.1 surround sound but it works on 5 I suggest being able to support that at least
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It will work with a "built-in" sound controller but you will lose a large amount of functionality and sound quality. This is a 7.1 headset that uses five 3.5mm jacks and one of them is for the microphone. I recommend that if you do have to use a "built-in" controller that it should be a controller that supports 7.1 with the appropriate ports for the five 3.5mm connectors. I used to have a ASUS M5A99X Evo R2.0 motherboard with a 7.1 onboard sound controller and when I switched to a Asus Xonar DS 7.1 sound card, I noticed a HUGE increase in sound quality. A sound card will give you a way better experience with this headset than any integrated Realtek sound controller that you will find on most motherboards. It will function as headphones with just one 3.5mm (green) connector but you want to use all the connectors for the best experience and the fullest functionality of the headset. Yes it can work with a built in soundcard. But I highly recommend getting a dedicated 7.1 PCI-e sound card.
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When the USB is connected, it does not make a difference. A sound card is responsible for converting a digital signal to an analog signal (a DAC). Essentially the built in DAC is a built-in sound card. If you want to use a sound card, then you must connect the speakers via an analog source (RCA), so that the conversion is done in the sound card DAC as opposed to the speaker DAC, but from what I understand the speaker DAC is fairly high quality and should satisfy. This is another great feature of the speakers, since they don't rely on the sound card of a computer and will sound great regardless. When the USB is connected, it does not make a difference. A sound card is responsible for converting a digital signal to an analog signal (a DAC). Essentially the built in DAC is a built-in sound card. If you want to use a sound card, then you must connect the speakers via an analog source (RCA), so that the conversion is done in the sound card DAC as opposed to the speaker DAC, but from what I understand the speaker DAC is fairly high quality and should satisfy. This is another great feature of the speakers, since they don't rely on the sound card of a computer and will sound great... » Read More When the USB is connected, it does not make a difference. A sound card is responsible for converting a digital signal to an analog signal (a DAC). Essentially the built in DAC is a built-in sound card. If you want to use a sound card, then you must connect the speakers via an analog source (RCA), so that the conversion is done in the sound card DAC as opposed to the speaker DAC, but from what I understand the speaker DAC is fairly high quality and should satisfy. This is another great feature of the speakers, since they don't rely on the sound card of a computer and will sound great regardless. « Show Less
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It has a standard PCI interface. If your board has that then it should work. It's a middle quality board. The driver is low quality but you can research the chip manufacturer and download the native driver with lower overhead but less features. You get what you pay for and this board is better than no sound, which is what I had. If you want a high quality gamer, research the different sound card chip sets and find a board with a high performance architecture.
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You will need an external soundcard. The more ports you need the more expensive though. I would look into something like the M-Audio Fast Track Ultra High-Speed 8x8 USB 2.0 Interface if you can shell out the price.
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Unfortunately you will not be able to use that particular type of card slot for the audio card. However, if your computer does not have an express card slot, then you can go with either a USB sound card, or purchase an adapter that would be express card to USB.
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Hi, This computer has a sound card, but you will need to plug in speakers or headphones. Give us a call if any other questions at 844-889-1070.Sincerely,Re-Circuit
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From what I found googling the question, yes it should. If the drivers on the CD you get with the card don't work, you may have to download the latest drivers for the card.http://us.store.creative.com/Creative-Sound-Blaster-Audigy-SE-PCI/M/B000LP0R3E.htm
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If you have this slot on your computer. It will support everything the built-in sound card does. This is an older verison of X-Fi and windows 8 may have better mixing software. Most computer today don't come with this Express card slot and I think Creative has gone to USB and on-board motherboard applications. Finally, this particular version (Notebook) you have does sound better than all of the rest, in my opinon.
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I've never found sound cards necessary with most headsets. It should be fine with integrated.
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This is not intended to replace a sound card. I have the Creative sound card installed on my Vista desktop which works very well with my Bose sound system. The AXX is pricey, but are not most quality devices costly?
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You would need an external sound card with a headphone jack in order to do that.
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Sorry. Shouldn't need a sound card. Depending on your system config. What OS are you running?
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I have purchased it, to use it with my headphone and while this card is plugged in it's the sound card that outputs the signal.We also use it on a server at work. The server did not have a sound card on the motherboard(build in) nor and external car. This card gave sound to this PC.
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I can't tell for sure. I bought that Sound Card for output mostly. The sound is great rhough. However the software included allows you do many things .Good luck
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Sorry.Shouldn't need a sound card. Depending on your system config. What OS are you running?
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I didn't get any special sound card. I am running mine on a MAC desktop that is about 2 years old, sounds great. So I guess it depends how old your computer is.
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You need a sound card either by internal pc components or add-on soundcard. One line goes to the USB port while the other goes into the line input i think.. read your document for further instructions.