Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty... PLEASE HELP

[mizunomp32]

I am looking to buy a soundcard because I recently purchased the Logitech X-530 5.1 sound system. My onboard soundcard does not support the 5.1 setup, therefore, i need to purchase a soundcard. I have the Asustek Amberine M motherboard which i probably should have upgraded when i bought my custom comp. I believe it has a shitty integrated sound card, which doesnt support the 5.1 setup. So, i have been reading a lot of reviews at newegg.com (where else ! newegg kicks ***) about the Creative Labs Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty sound card.

I had to go to the site to check for system requirements and this is what i came back with:

*Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset*

my motherboard has an ATI (RS480) chispset...

is the soundcard compatible with my motherboard?

thanks for reading. any help at all will be greatly appreciated

 

[mizunomp32]

I forgot to mention, I am a gamer and listen to a lot of music. I play WoW, CS:S and DOD:S a LOT

 

[Alvin.C]

Hello,

Yes the soundcard should work. Unlikely for it not to work. The main concern is whether you have a spare, unused PCI slot on your motherboard, fast enough CPU, adequate RAM and HDD space.
Basic requirements are:

• Genuine Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz, AMD® 1 GHz processor or faster
• Intel, AMD or 100% compatible motherboard chipset
• Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)
• 256MB RAM
• 600MB of free hard disk space
• Available PCI 2.1 slot for the audio card
• CD-ROM/CD-RW or CD/DVD-ROM required for software installation
• Graphics card with DirectX® 9 and OpenGL® compliant 3D graphics accelerator

 

[mizunomp32]

hi, thanks for replying so quickly

yeah it will definently work with my OS, and most motherboards come with 2 extra PCI slots (just in general am i right? ) ...i know for sure that i used one up for my video card, i am almost 100% sure that i have one PCI slot left

 

[DarkMortar]

have fun.