Why it's best: The HT | Omega Striker 7.1 is a quality sound card with a good feature set. This well designed card hosts 8 discrete outputs with 24-bit sound and a 96kHz sample rate that produces a huge improvement over onboard sound quality. Dolby Digital Live and DTS Interactive are enco...read full review
Why it's a best pick: The ASUS Xonar Essence STX Virtual 7.1 is the audiophile’s sound card. With 24-bit digital support and a whopping 192kHz sampling rate. Real time Dolby Digital Live encoding is supported as well as a few other Dolby encoding technologies. One of the nice features of this c... read full review
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(PC Connection Express $194.44
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Why it's a best pick: The AuzenTech AZT-FORTE X-Fi Forte 7.1 produces great audio with an impressive list of features. With updated and tweaked Creative drivers, this card should be compatible with almost all systems. This card was specially designed for gamers and audiophiles with its 24-bit dig... read full review
Why it's a best pick: Creative’s Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 is one sleek looking sound card packed with top of the line electronics that are geared towards gamers wanting the best and most immersive gaming audio. This card supports the latest version of EAX so you’l... read full review
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PC Connection Express $137.24
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Why it's a best pick: The Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 7.1 from Creative is relatively small form factor sound card that provides excellent sound quality with its 24-bit Crystalizer. EAX HD technology provides an improved gaming experience with more realistically rendered sounds. This sound car... read full review
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OfficeMax $99.99
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