At a time when many home computers included sophisticated hardware used to generate music and sound effects, IBM's first PC - designed primarily for small business use - only came equipped with a ...

And yet the Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 sound card is the nicest upgrade I've made to my PC this year. Sound cards do offer better audio quality than the built-in audio on motherboards, but for ...

Creative Sound Blaster AE-9 is the best sound card for PC gaming, thanks to its ability to deliver pristine audio. It features the high-resolution ESS SABRE-class 9038 reference DAC with 32-bit ...

The commoditised PC is the most versatile tool many of us will own, and since it has been around for a very long time it is also something that can be found for free or very cheaply if the latest c… ...

Both cards support EAX 5.0, but the Forte card is a low-profile design that’s particularly useful for installation in home theater PC enclosures, where vertical space is often a challenge.

Stereophile magazine's John Atkinson loved the Asus Xonar Essence ST/STX sound cards. They are, by far, the least expensive way of turning a PC into a genuine high-resolution audio source.

Before the AdLib sound card, sound on PCs was in a terrible shape. Since the dawn of IBM, all PCs included a speaker, but this PC speaker was only capable of sounding one note at a time. Chords on … ...

The extreme bells and whistles of the Sound Blaster AE-9 ($350 USD) are nice to have, but they’re not necessary for high-quality audio in a PC. You can spend half as much for a mid-range card.

The new cards feature a comprehensive set of drivers (Digigram np Runtime, WDM DirectSound, Wave, ASIO) and a physical design using the versatile short-length PCI format (only 175mm/6.875 inches long) ...

A novelty M.2 card from Japan can give your modern PC the startup sound of a vintage NEC PC-9801. By Michael Crider Staff Writer, PCWorld Jul 29, 2024 7:22 am PDT ...