HT | OMEGA STRIKER Sound Card

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Clear sound None seriously It's been a whilst due to the fact the last driver update. I get some glitchy sound in EVE On the net, but only in that game.

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still going very good. older card but it still hangs with the newest sound cards none yet

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DTS 7.1 at a good price, good sound, coax & optical out. 16-bit sound only, not 24-bit. W7 drivers do not come in the box, but are accessible on the net. The most recent version is .81740, and they don't appear terribly stable. Playing Oblivion & Fallout three, I've gotten each games to crash, sometimes within 15 minutes, when they had been otherwise perfectly stable with my technique. Also, if you click on the windows audio controls and play around with them, you can override the DTS 8 channel output and get stuck in stereo mode till you go back into the cMedia console once again. Doom three doesn't even recognize it as anything but two channels. I'm almost certainly going to send this back unless some thing modifications. Unfortunately I can't advise this sound card for a gaming rig, while this is undoubtedly not the sort of interface for recording. For a DAWs there are far better possibilities out there for not that substantially more (although you tend to find the best ones on music stores - emu 1212 is a great option below 赨). This card might be good for HT and listening to music, but if you're undertaking that, wouldn't you rather have 24-bit audio? meh not in pressed...Somebody inform me what i'm carrying out wrong here, and I'll be satisfied to update my critique, but I have a feeling it's the drivers, not me.

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Utilizes CMI-8770. DTS, Dolby Interactive, XEAR 3D. Fantastic for motion pictures, paired with a decent set of speakers or a decent receiver on Household Theatre it packs very a bit of sound. Most C-Media and other chipsets can\'t reproduce EAX, even if claimed so. Decent for most headphones despite the fact that if you have "audiophile" headphones the Claro Halo, Claro XT or Xonar Essence STX are far better.

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Go download the most up-to-date drivers from HT Omega, the 81740's. This card operates flawlessly in each 32 -and- 64-bit Windows 7 Pro, and did in RC1 as effectively. I would appear to the supply of a variety of conflicts to be with VIDEO drivers, probably from the newest crop of nVidia drivers? Or the beta's? This card operates in Windows Seven, period. This is not a high-finish card, but is as close as you will locate for the value, beneath 贄.

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Crisp, clear sound. Driver/Software requires time to confiqure and adjust. This is not a 24 bit card. NewEgg nor Omega state that it has 24 bit capability. Please do your study. It is a fantastic economy card. I bought just to attempt one thing different from my Creative Xtreme Audio card. I am pleased by the crisp, clear sound on my Z5500 speakers and will possibly upgrade to Clarion plus 24 bit in the near future.

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Easy to install and does what a good quality sound card should do -- pump out the sound with exceptional quality and fantastic supporting software program. Have my Logitech Z-5500 speakers operating by means of an optical cable, and not only does it decrease cable clutter but the purely digital sound is amazing. None

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-superior sound excellent-DTS and DD actual time encoding-fairly low-cost-s/pdif in/outs-great shiny gold/black look -software program is functional but not intuitive, it took me a little bit to figure out-only 48KHz (not 96 or 192) audio output, not produced obvious anyplace on newegg or on their web page-only EAX 2.-no mounting screw included The Striker 7.1 is a good buy if you are searching for a sub-贄 sound card.I don't know if it is common practice to incorporate a mounting screw with sound cards, but it took me longer to dig a single out of my basement than it did to do the rest of the card install. Come on HT Omega, screws don't expense that a lot.

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Optical port, Fantastic sound! Most recent Drivers not on disk. (Not a huge deal even though) Works properly with both Vista's and seems quite stable. Amazing sound! Key upgrade from on board sound.

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Good sound top quality. Way greater than Creative in my opinion. Consumer service is very good too! They don't wait to get a hold of you following 2 weeks like Creative. If your intending on utilizing this card to make music look elsewhere. This card has no ASIO drivers and will probably cause incompatibility issues with your DAW. Good surround sound and gaming sounds seriously superior with this card.

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My favorite aspect is the audio configuration system that came with it. You can adjust based on atmosphere size, as well as altering the effects of the sound. Suitable now I've just got a two.1 setup, but I'm fairly effectively set as far as inputs & outputs if I ever want to upgrade to a five.1 or 7.1 program. I don't feel there's any audible difference, but there's no option for 2.1 speakers in the configuration. I just have it set on two, and the bass is much more than sufficient, so it's no big deal. The way it connected to my motherboard, too, forced all the labels on the back for the ins & outs to be upside-down. But it nevertheless performs. For HT Omega's least expensive card, this one particular's pretty strong.

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great card - excellent sound i reformat just about every 6 months or so... 1 of the four occasions i just could not get the motherboard to see it... no biggie

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This card is remarkable for the price tag. Its a bit additional then some low-cost brands like rocketfish from greatest purchase but for the further cash you get genuine people to talk to if you HAVE a difficulty. I couldnt figure one setting out emailed them and with in an hour i was speaking to a true person A Genuine Individual. I dont know how glad it tends to make me to know that if i have a dilemma i can get aid fast. None. Wish i could have purchased the larger end ones but didnt have the dollars. This is a really very nice card for the price. Sound qulity is remarkable along with all the software they give you. Support is beyond awesome. Great corporation

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Amazing construction. I got this mounted straight beneath my Radeon 5850 and there's no interference at all. HT Omega's tech support is great (see other thoughts). even in 16bit mode it sound greater than most. The drivers are still in improvement for windows 7. You can only get this to function as a 16 bit 48KHz card in win7 64. I emailed HT Omegas tech assistance and it appears that you will only get full functionality in windows XP. the lazy d-bags at C-Media haven't updated the win7 driver in nicely over a year. It's bull. But I've decided to maintain it and wait for an update. HT Omega's tech help assured me that they are nagging C-Media to death about an updated driver, He supplied to let me wait for the update for various months, and if none showed up he would give me a total refund on the card. The HT Omega Claro has totally functional win7 drivers.

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Remarkable good quality, films and games/music sound a lot clearer than on my onboard realtek chipset. I am operating a pair of 7.1 surround headphones by means of it and it sounds excellent. Heard dead silence in COD4. None My Pc specs:Xclio Windtunnel Full TowerAsrock AOD790GX mobo4GB DDR2 OCZ platinum 򜠪Dual ATI Radeon HD 4890s AMD Phenom IIx4 955 oc'd 3.8Ghz HT Omega Striker 7.1 sound cardOCZ Vertex 60GB SSD boot/programHitachi 1TB media and file driveWD Velociraptor 300GB Gaming DriveCorsair 750W PSU

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Excellent sound excellent! A noticeable distinction when compared to my onboard sound. Operates perfectly so far. The card is rather significant. The mic input is all the way on the end and is partially blocked by my situation. I have an adapter on the finish of my mic and I can't plug it in at a excellent 90 degree angle.Also, the drivers that come on the CD are NOT SUPPORTED by Windows 7. They installed anyway and totally locked up my computer about four occasions prior to I was in a position to eliminate them. The Windows 7 drivers are downloadable from the organization's internet site although. The moment I installed them almost everything worked fine. A small bit expensive, but I wanted to make sure my card would operate with W7.

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- Sounds Fantastic- Has a front panel connector- Lots of ports in the back - Good for games/movies - The disk it comes with does not assistance Win 7 so you have to download drivers from internet site. They should update the install disk to assistance Win 7 but thats about it no need to have to dock an egg for that.

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Wonderful product with a leading level audio chipsetHigh develop excellentFront Panel connectors NONE. I have owned this item for year two years and the only concern i've ever had is trying to figure out which of the 8 or so 1Ǟ" jacks in the back is the appropriate one particular for my desktop Pc speakers! I did a ton of analysis (as a lot of of you have if you are contemplating this product) ahead of purchasing. this company is little and veryt focused on good quality personal computer audio, so this item is fantastic, but the chipset (C-Media CMI8770) is extremely strong and is the reason i bought the card. It is really excellent and is applied in significantly additional costly cards. In some of there other models you can ever replace the DACs i think.

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Solid card, gold contacts.Software program is effortless to use, I just messed around with it for a bit and had every little thing sounding excellent in a handful of minutes.Sound from this card is terrific, I have some pretty decent five.1 Logitech speakers from four years ago, they haven't sound a lot greater than my old Audigy two ZS card. The jacks on the card are extremely close to every single other, fortunately my logitech speaker wires were able to fit.Some men and women mention the labels on the card for each and every output/input becoming upside down bothering them, however this didn't bother me. This isn't a con but when I want to listen to music, I have to set it to 2 channel input, but if I'm playing one thing like Starcraft 2, I will need use 6 channel input. I possibly want to research how to set winamp/wmp to output to 6 channels so I don't have to switch between the two, otherwise my music only comes out of the 2.1 portion of the program.

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Wonderful card, best sound good quality, worked flawlessly with Windows 7 64bit and Ubuntu ten.04 / ten.10 64bit.There could be no "official" drivers for Linux, but Ubuntu has no issue employing the card nonetheless. Little popping sound can be heard when Windows loads the drivers, but that's Windows for ya. No such point takes place in Ubuntu. My subsequent sound card will come from HT Omega again, I can undoubtedly say so. Bought this mostly for Dolby Digital Live which I use with my Astro A40 sound system.

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- The optical connection clicks whenever a new sound file is played. The line out jack does not perform. The card seems to have windows 7 compatibility troubles.

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Amazing audio excellentUncomplicated to intall.Optical outputHT Omega is recognized to have excellent assistance, and the web website is very helpful for answering questions. None. I have this set up in a Windows 7-64 HTPC connected to a Yamaha RX-V565, and the quality and clarity of sound from this card is truly outstanding! I tested some DVD-Audio disks off of the onboard audio (on a diverse Pc)that has a Realtek HD chip using HDMI output connected to the Yamaha reciever, and there is a noticeable difference when making use of this card in 6.1 DTS-ES playback. I'm not certain what a far more high priced card would do that this doesn't, but I would get this card again for another HTPC create with no batting an eye.

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Like it, driver leaves a small footprint and doesn't crash my system like Inventive drivers do. Superb sound. Very advised. Documentation was sparse but it's a sound card, what's to know.

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Functions.Good sound.Win7 Drivers work fine. When I got this, no sound came out whatsoever. Immediately after attempting distinct drivers, googling around, at some point went to talk to their tech support. Jason @ HT omega was pretty thorough and helped me get a replacement card in less than 2 days. Key purpose why I gave it 4 as an alternative of 5 eggs was my 1st one was a dud I had to RMA. The second one did work though, so that's what matters. The sound difference from my onboard sound(it's By way of chipset on a M4A78T-E mobo) for my AD700 headphones wasn't as well wonderful, but I did notice a slightly more varied soundstage and enhanced bass although.

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Excellent sound, Windows 7 64 bit driver package works okay, and has an AC97 front panel audio connector to enable all the functions originally built into your computer system. In all probability far more of a Win7ኜ concern than an HT Omega 1, but there is a "pop" throughout boot that I think about to be when the driver loads. I assume that is a Windows 7 problem as there appears to be no repair, though its not really that negative. I picked this card on the recommendation of some folks on a Windows 7 forum, and based on my experience so far, I would acquire it yet again. The machine I have installed it in (HP XW series workstation), soon after installing Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit, is really picky about drivers but this card performs & sounds excellent.