Anyone suggest a sound card that the Mic input actually works on?

davefaz · 10-07-2006, 11:33 AM

I have this long standing problem that I have never been able to use headsets because all the (many) different sound cards I have had, don't work well enough on the mic input. The sensitivity is way too low. I need a sound card that has a decent, sensitive mic input. Anyone know of one?

roy92 · 10-07-2006, 11:49 AM

maybe its the mic your using. i have generic sound card, and i can even record sound from my digital camera through my mic. with clear sound! but if you want a new sound card. a creative audigy 2 is great.

davefaz · 10-07-2006, 12:27 PM

:-)
I agree..
I just went out and bought and Audigy 4, lets see how it goes...

zeus · 10-07-2006, 02:18 PM

I would have thought it would be the mic you were using too. A decent mic costs a bomb.

Audigy cards are good. Ive got the Audigy 2, I bought it just because it supported the Asio driver. It works great, midi latency was fine down to about 7ms. Pretty good for a cheapo card. They cost about a third of what I paid now too.

roy92 · 10-07-2006, 11:36 PM

i've got a headset + mic for 25 AUS dollars. The mic is very very good. it will only pick up what you point it at, so no background noises will get through while your talking at it.

Karanislove · 11-07-2006, 01:31 AM

I have CMedia CMI8738 5.1 PCI sound card and it works very good for me. It was very cheap also when I bought it. $21NZD

10-07-2006, 11:33 AM	#1 (permalink) Top
davefaz Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2006 Gender: Posts: 2 Status: Offline	Anyone suggest a sound card that the Mic input actually works on? I have this long standing problem that I have never been able to use headsets because all the (many) different sound cards I have had, don't work well enough on the mic input. The sensitivity is way too low. I need a sound card that has a decent, sensitive mic input. Anyone know of one?

10-07-2006, 11:49 AM	#2 (permalink) Top
roy92 CSS HAXOR Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 15 Male Posts: 547 Times Helpful: 37 Status: Offline My Computer	maybe its the mic your using. i have generic sound card, and i can even record sound from my digital camera through my mic. with clear sound! but if you want a new sound card. a creative audigy 2 is great. __________________ I helped someone! here - laptop hard drive here - graphics card problem this indeed is true Interested in SLI? visit slizone Need help with PSU's? drop by Big B's PSU sticky Nvidia Display Drivers - here ATI Display Drivers - here Hate spyware and adware? Grab spybot and adaware

10-07-2006, 11:36 PM	#5 (permalink) Top
roy92 CSS HAXOR Join Date: Feb 2006 Age: 15 Male Posts: 547 Times Helpful: 37 Status: Offline My Computer	i've got a headset + mic for 25 AUS dollars. The mic is very very good. it will only pick up what you point it at, so no background noises will get through while your talking at it. __________________ I helped someone! here - laptop hard drive here - graphics card problem this indeed is true Interested in SLI? visit slizone Need help with PSU's? drop by Big B's PSU sticky Nvidia Display Drivers - here ATI Display Drivers - here Hate spyware and adware? Grab spybot and adaware

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10-07-2006, 12:27 PM	#3 (permalink) Top
davefaz Geek Trainee Join Date: Jul 2006 Gender: Posts: 2 Status: Offline	:-) I agree.. I just went out and bought and Audigy 4, lets see how it goes...

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zeus out of date Join Date: May 2003 Age: 27 Male Posts: 1,654 Times Helpful: 105 My Mood: Twisted Status: Offline My Computer	I would have thought it would be the mic you were using too. A decent mic costs a bomb. Audigy cards are good. Ive got the Audigy 2, I bought it just because it supported the Asio driver. It works great, midi latency was fine down to about 7ms. Pretty good for a cheapo card. They cost about a third of what I paid now too.

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