As far as a dedicated soundcard goes, I have a Turtle Beach Montego 7.1 Dolby Digital soundcard in my other computer and absolutely love it. I also have experience with a Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi and I had to return it because it broke down and replaced it with the aforementioned. Right now I'm currently using my onboard sound on my new computer but that's only because I use a Tritton AX360 5.1 surround sound headset with its own digital decoding box. I wouldn't touch any soundcard without DDL (Dolby Digital Live).

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