Trying to decide what sound card to buy

[jacenprime]

Hey, I was just finishing up touches on my new PC I plan to buy, but now I'm seeing theres a whole bunch of issues that occur with sound cards. I was originally planning to get the Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Champion edition, but I hear that is glitchy, anyone have reccomendations, or is it infact decent with Vista?

My Specs:
[FONT=&quot]Intel Q9450 Processor[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Asus STRIKER II Extreme Motherboard (nForce 790i)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]OCZ 4GB (2x2048MB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz RAM[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Coolmax CUQ-1200B 1200W Supply[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thermaltake DuOrb Cooling Fan[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]XFX nVidia GTX 280[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Western Digital WD10EACS 1 TB Hard Drive[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]LG GGW-H20L LightScribe 6X Blu-Ray RW & 3X HD DVD-ROM SATA DVD Drive[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Speakers + Subwoofer[/FONT][FONT=&quot][/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sceptre Technologies X20WG-1080P Monitor[/FONT]

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[skunksmash]

Hey, I was just finishing up touches on my new PC I plan to buy, but now I'm seeing theres a whole bunch of issues that occur with sound cards. I was originally planning to get the Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Champion edition, but I hear that is glitchy, anyone have reccomendations, or is it infact decent with Vista?

My Specs:
[FONT=&quot]Intel Q9450 Processor[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Asus STRIKER II Extreme Motherboard (nForce 790i)[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]OCZ 4GB (2x2048MB) DDR3 PC3-12800 1600MHz RAM[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Coolmax CUQ-1200B 1200W Supply[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Thermaltake DuOrb Cooling Fan[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]XFX nVidia GTX 280[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Western Digital WD10EACS 1 TB Hard Drive[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]LG GGW-H20L LightScribe 6X Blu-Ray RW & 3X HD DVD-ROM SATA DVD Drive[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Logitech X-540 5.1 Surround Speakers + Subwoofer[/FONT]
[FONT=&quot]Sceptre Technologies X20WG-1080P Monitor[/FONT]

nice rig.....
think i would have gone with ATI for the 4xxxs

If you're worried about Vista support, get an Asus Xonar DX sound card. It has the same, if not better capabilities than the XtremeGamer for the same price.

 

[jacenprime]

That does look pretty, good, but now I'm trying to decide between the DX and the D2X...any recommendations? Or other recommended cards from anyone?