Hey, Jow Forums

Hey, Jow Forums.

Are there actually any good sound cards for PC or is it just a meme? Do they even make a huge difference?

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There are okay cards, external DACs and onboard chipsets and then there are good ones.
This isn't 1994 anymore. But a good external DAC or a good sound card can give slightly better sound output over cheap and shitty ones.

what's the source of that gif?

By the way it uses the palette for the water animation, I'd say something-something Amiga.
But it's probably a new time remtition just made to look like it.

i saw some asus soundcard with 1/4 inch jacks that would have been appealing to me a while ago before i got my dac. apart from that i cant see any point in getting a sound card

sound cards don't make any difference

Well, as far as noise levels and bass reproduction go, yes they do. Same with a higher end external DAC compared to a cheap chink one.

It's a meme, your mobos integrated one is very good on its own. I suggest investing into a good headset or a stereo system instead.

After having just gone through the process of getting a batter sound system, I would recommend an external DAC over an internal card any day of the week. Internal sound cards tend to be more expensive, have less options, and are less capable in general than their external counterparts, though there are always exceptions.

I went for a JDS labs OLDAC because it fit the rest of my system and was cheap. In all honesty though, you won't hear a ton of difference from just a DAC unless you have an amp and headphones of similar or superior quality.

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>Well, as far as noise levels and bass reproduction go, yes they do

Not for "reproduction" or noise levels no, they don't. You're outputting a digital signal, there is no difference in any component more or less. There is 0 noise. Bass reproduction is 100% accurate because the signal is digital.

If you do not understand this don't give advice on this.