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    NEW SOUND CARD FOR m1530

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by vinha916, Oct 27, 2008.

  1. vinha916

    vinha916 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Does any of you add Soundblaster AUdigy to your laptop? and how great is the sound compare to stock? ;)

    tlike soundblaster audigy
     
    vinha916, Oct 27, 2008
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  2. X2P

    X2P COOLING | NBR Super Mod

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    CAPITAL TITLES WILL NOT BRING MORE ATTENTION TO YOUR THREAD. IT WILL JUST ANNOY PEOPLE so it may be something you will want to avoid.

    If you are an audiophile you will notice. You will also have to have great speakers or headphones in order to take advantage of the better sound.

    [Edit] I noticed you meant software based, you will notice almost no difference, if you go for an expresscard slot based sound card you will notice the difference I posted above
     
    X2P, Oct 27, 2008
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  3. Johnny T

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    Absolutely no point in getting it. It is software based, lacks features, does not improve sound quality.
     
    Johnny T, Oct 27, 2008
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    Yep , if you get it as free then why not :p but otherwise just ignore it , its useless piece of software and it has some issues with Vista too
     
    vinumsv, Oct 27, 2008
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    Free? Why not.

    If you have to pay? NO
     
    Polarix, Oct 27, 2008
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    Are you talking about Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition ? That is not a sound card, rather a software ad-on with several new features. But DELL also have a different sound card option too, called : ExpressCard Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio, that would give you much better sound quality.

    BTW I use an external USB X-fi card. And I really like it.
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 27, 2008
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    I think it's really lame how the sound blaster Audigy HD has no 64 bit vista support, even when complaining to dell, they don't have any corrections
     
    FrozenDarkness, Oct 27, 2008
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    I have it on my XPS M1530 (Third one in 21 days by the way!!) and the speakers sound horrible so I dont even want to imagine what the stock one sounds like, the sad part is I actually paid for it.
     
    cobrakeeper, Oct 28, 2008
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    Integrated Sound Blaster Audigy HD Software Edition has nothing to do with speakers or any of the sound related hardware. As said before, it is purely a software driver/application-set run on top of the same Sigmatel hardware you find on any m1530. In any case all laptop speakers are crap, cant really say anything about the sound quality by listening to laptop speakers.
     
    PhoenixFx, Oct 28, 2008
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  10. jcm4

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    This. 10char.
     
    jcm4, Oct 28, 2008
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    I bought a Creative X-FI for the express slot and iam happy. I also bought a good 5.1 system from creative and they are a good team. The onboard sound I have inside (Sigmatel) is piece of ****. But I also installed XP because Vista only makes trouble when it comes to surround sound in games and for Winamp.
    Costs about 250 AUD.
     
    F1r3ball, Oct 28, 2008
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