Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?

[We Live for the One we Die for the One]

Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?

I just want to buy some Logitec Z-5300 speakers, but i take it they ar
e not digital the higer end speakers are but are twice as much.

Will i notice better sound with a Audigy 2 ZS the card i am going to
buy, make any difference in games FPS if its digital ?


Not that i know anything about Digital in sound cards, so thats why
the questions.

Thanks.

 

[Alex]

Not on most pc speakers no. On a proper cinema receiver yes.

 

[We Live for the One we Die for the One]

The speakers will be for games playing and music so digital might be
nice for music but games wont see any diff ?

 

[Mike Walsh]

A sound card with digital output can theoretically provide better sound because the digital to analog conversion process will not be subject interference from all the electronics inside the PC and there will not be a long analog signal cable. A good sound card using good connectors and cables going to your amps will provide sound that you won't be able to distinguish from a digital card. Most poor sound and high CPU usage comes from onboard sound.

Digital vs Analoge Sound cards, digital worth it ?

I just want to buy some Logitec Z-5300 speakers, but i take it they ar
e not digital the higer end speakers are but are twice as much.

Will i notice better sound with a Audigy 2 ZS the card i am going to
buy, make any difference in games FPS if its digital ?

Not that i know anything about Digital in sound cards, so thats why
the questions.

Thanks.

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[Alex]

Save some money and get some good interconnects and speaker cables.

 

[kony]

Save some money and get some good interconnects and speaker cables.

An amp-to-speaker connection may benefit from good cables but the audio
from a PC is line-level, any cheap high-gauge speaker cord is fine unless
there is significant parallelism with other cords or devices (like
transformer or AC power cord), then a shielded cable may help but still a
high-end speaker cable isn't needed. Even considering the PC speakers'
cables from amp to satellites, that amp isn't very powerful, swapping in a
"better" cable (might even require cutting and soldering to do so) would
have little to no benefit.

 

[kony]

A sound card with digital output can theoretically provide better sound because

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Digital cards, their output, can't theoretically provide better sound to
an analog amp.