For years, onboard audio has improved to the point where many enthusiasts questioned whether dedicated sound cards still had ...

Games are more than just an interactive visual experience. The time and effort that developers spend in creating and incorporating immersive audio and soundtracks are not experienced to their fullest ...

It’s astonishing to think that Creative has been in the sound business for thirty years. In the early days of PC gaming, the Sound Blaster 16 was seen as an essential upgrade for any DOOM, Myst or ...

Creative has updated its roster of PCIe sound cards for PC desktop DIYers. The new Sound Blaster Audigy FX Pro 7.1, launched today, sits atop the Audigy add-in-card line. The new card’s design and ...

The discrete sound card is dead, long live the discrete sound card! Wait, what? Here we are in the year 2026 and Creative is still pumping out discrete sound cards, the latest of which is a Sound ...

Audio Blast From the Past: Creative Technology doesn't believe the sound card market is completely dead yet. The Singapore-based company has announced a new discrete audio solution, urging users to ...

I’ve been using sound cards ever since my introduction to the Sound Blaster 16 way back in ’93. I couldn’t ever imagine gaming on a system without one. Even with onboard soundcards becoming the de ...

To borrow and tweak a line from The Outer Limits, there is nothing wrong with your monitor, do not attempt to adjust the picture. You also haven't stepped into a time warp. I checked the calendar and ...

I'm looking at buiding a new computer and some of the Creative sound cards come with a firewire port. Can I use that any way I could a normal firewire port? i.e. Digital Video camera. Or is it tied to ...

I just inserted an Asus Xonar SE ($69) sound card. It works in a new Intel i5-12400 boxen. I spend enough time in the office to listen to sound and music through a more than decent Yamaha / Dynaudio ...

Removing the EMI shield reveals a surprisingly clean PCB layout that appears to have been designed with signal integrity as a priority. The analog section occupies a significant portion of the board ...