Sabre Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Back in my IT days I was told, never have 2 conflicting devices. If you swap a graphics card and the drivers for the old one still exsist, you get problems, same with sound.Long story short I was talking about Headphones and was recommended a pair of USB headphones. From what I read they basicly have an exturnal soundcard built in. You plug in, install drivers, go. The bit that's strange is you don't have to get rid of the previous soundcard, in fact, when you want to go back to speakers you just unplug them as if it were any other pair of headphones.I know computers have moved on in the last 5 years, but wouldn't such a system be really prone to conflicts and other problems? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YJH1995 Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 i probably think that they use usb just to get rid of the power cord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Nowadays, there are situations where you want multiple graphics cards. The whole reason you remove drivers when you upgrade hardware is that you don't want drivers that drive hardware that doesn't exist. THAT can cause problems from time to time.Which headphones are you referring to? I have my doubts that the headphones are acting as a true soundcard. Likely just an output device. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabre Posted December 28, 2010 Author Share Posted December 28, 2010 There are various recomendations from various people. Here is an example of what I mean though."The USB version features a 7.1 virtual sound USB soundcard that which is a great alternative for your on-board soundcard.The USB version supports the following systems: Win XP/Vista/Win 2000/Win 98/Win ME. The USB sound card is compatible with Mac, however the software is only available for Windows operating systems."http://shop.steelseries.com/index.php/audio/steelseries-siberia-v2-full-size-headset-usb.htmlI pick that example because you can buy the card seperatly if you want, and some have the card as part of the headphones themselves. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Wow, that is horridly stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YJH1995 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 you dont even need a separate sound card it can easily achieved with a Sony MDR EX56LP without the sound card and have no problem at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DZComposer Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 you dont even need a separate sound card it can easily achieved with a Sony MDR EX56LP without the sound card and have no problem at allThis. Get headphones that don't have built-in soundcards, and you won't have issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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