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Worth it to install sound card
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I have a Creative Soundblaster Audigy 2 ZS, a pretty damn good sound card, although not brand new. I checked the website, it is mac supported, is is worth it to upgrade the card? audio is kind of a pet peeve of mine.
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I miss the days of the G5 and XPS Pentium 4 running side by side as high-end machines.
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Mac Pro Quad 2.66Ghz with 5Gb memory, 2.2Tb internal HDD, 750Gb external HDD and 30" Apple Cinema Display
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I miss the days of the G5 and XPS Pentium 4 running side by side as high-end machines.
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It's worth it if you have a high quality source and good speakers/headphones (i.e. will you notice the quality of the sound card?). Also, if you're using a Mac Pro, you have an optical connection, so you could use that for good quality sound.
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Sure, and you can use it in Windows. OS X doesn't support it.
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Creative cards are overhyped, in my opinion. They're good for gaming, but a cheap musician's sound card or audio interface will almost always sound better.
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I miss the days of the G5 and XPS Pentium 4 running side by side as high-end machines.
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Will the separate soundcard output better quality compared to the Mac Pro optical out, or is is just so you have more control over the output?
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You know, I can't find a PCI Express Audigy anywhere online....
How does it sound? Better than the built in sound?
Hmmm does anyone have any idea what chip/card the Mac Pros use for sound?
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Originally Posted by rozwado1 
Will the separate soundcard output better quality compared to the Mac Pro optical out, or is is just so you have more control over the output?
Digital audio is digital audio. Asking whether one optical output is better than another is like asking whether music burned onto X-brand of CD-Rs sounds better than music burned on Y-brand. The optical output just puts out the raw stream of bits. Making a digital audio stream sound good depends on the hardware connected to it; if you're connecting to an amplifier with a crappy DAC, it's going to sound poor. If you're connected to a nice, high-end DAC, it's going to sound good. The digital output is simply a way to bypass the analog conversion inside the computer and do it elsewhere. Comparing the digital output on the built-in card and the analog output on an added card is like comparing apples and oranges.
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