Cheap sound card vs on board Realtek HD sound?

[iCobble]

So I was wondering if I could get some help with this.
At the moment I'm using the on board sound card, Realtek HD, but there's a known bug that causes Battlefield 3 to crash some computers with a buzzing sound when using Realtek HD. Unfortunately my computer is one of these.

I know that sound cards are usually better than on board sound cards, but how about when it's very cheap? The one I'm looking at is only £6, so obviously it's not the best out there to say the least.
( I have a budget of £10 including P&P at the moment)

So my main question is will the sound be at least equal to the on board sound card?
I listen to a lot of music as well as gaming, so I wouldn't want any quality loss, but I'm absolutely fine with the quality of the on board sound card.

This is the one I'm looking at: Xenta 8 Channel Soundcard C-media 8768 Chipset 3D - PCI | Ebuyer.com

I appreciate all feedback, thanks for your help

 

[PP Mguire]

What's your board? Since I sold my X-Fi Titanium back in 09 I have used nothing but onboard and have never heard or experienced this bug. Sounds like a case of drivers and settings to me.

I've never had a card with a C-Media chipset, but my guess is it's going to be budget based like that card. Quality will be on par or lower than onboard.

 

[iCobble]

Hey, my motherboard is an Asus P8P67 PRO REV 3.1 Socket 1155 8 Channel Audio ATX.
Thanks for your help

 

[PP Mguire]

I had the Biostar P67b which has the exact same onboard audio. I never had any problems with it.

What drivers are you using and what OS? I would try using Windows drivers, or straight from Realtek's site.

 

[iCobble]

I'm running Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit.
The drivers I use will have been automatically downloaded from Windows, so I'm not really sure specifically what I'm using. (Sorry, not that tech savvy!)

 

[PP Mguire]

Try downloading specifically from their website.

Realtek

 

[iCobble]

Tried downloading it, hasn't helped unfortunately. Also tried uninstalling and installing again.
This is a link to the problem I'm having (not my video). I've tried what the top comment says to do, also doesn't work.
Battfield 3 for PC lock up freeze crash fail - YouTube

 

[PP Mguire]

Well easy fix is to buy the sound card. I still think it's fixable, as I head the same audio chip, with a similar setup and did not have any problems.

Is your CPU overclocked at all?

 

[iCobble]

Yeah I'll probably end up buying that
My CPU isn't overclocked.

 

[iCobble]

I've installed the new sound card (in the end I went for an even cheaper one: (Xenta 6 channel PCI Soundcard).
The sound is the same if not better than the onboard sound which is brilliant for the price.
Haven't had a chance to play BF3 yet, I'll edit this post once I have. Thanks for your help.
Edit: The new sound card has fixed the problem. Completed 3 missions consecutively with no problem.