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 ...

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 ...

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… ...

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.

Rich Heimlich is a big name in parts of the gaming industry. He created the first ever QA company Top Star, authored "Sound Blaster: The Official Book", and also happens to be the voice of the ...

PCIe sound cards are typically small, so they take up a minimal amount of space and can work just fine even in smaller PCIe slots, leaving your larger PCIe lanes for other high-bandwidth add-in cards.

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.

Sound Blaster ZxR – The World’s Best Sounding Sound Card (SRP US$249.99) This flagship Sound Blaster ZxR is designed to provide the best gaming and entertainment audio performance in any sound ...

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.