So lately I've been looking for a cheap and decent Soundcard since my motherboard doesn't have a good Soundcard (Z97 PC MATE). My motherboard is not fancy with multiple features but it does it's job pretty well .
After looking for a Soundcard ,I found the Asus Xonar DGX with PCIE connection and Asus Xonar DG with PCI connection.
But since my motherboard only has 2 PCIE and 2 PCI ports , I thought about the future , maybe I would need a PCIE connection since nowadays it is widely used over the Old PCI connections.
The Asus Xonar Soundcard comes in both versions (DGX and DG) and are claimed to have the same features but with different connections (DGX=PCIE ,DG=PCI) .
Now considering that I should try my best to not use the PCIE ports and save it for future upgrades, I just ordered a DG model which again uses PCI .(the DG model is cheaper too)
My point now is , since PCI is an Old technology with poor speeds , will it produce same sound quality as the DGX model which uses PCIE ?
Here's my PC specs if you need them :
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE
Ram: Crucial 1600mhz 16 GB
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 FTW
CPU: i7 4790K
(I tried my best to get the best GPU and CPU within my budget , that's why my mobo and ram is kinda old and inexpensive)
After looking for a Soundcard ,I found the Asus Xonar DGX with PCIE connection and Asus Xonar DG with PCI connection.
But since my motherboard only has 2 PCIE and 2 PCI ports , I thought about the future , maybe I would need a PCIE connection since nowadays it is widely used over the Old PCI connections.
The Asus Xonar Soundcard comes in both versions (DGX and DG) and are claimed to have the same features but with different connections (DGX=PCIE ,DG=PCI) .
Now considering that I should try my best to not use the PCIE ports and save it for future upgrades, I just ordered a DG model which again uses PCI .(the DG model is cheaper too)
My point now is , since PCI is an Old technology with poor speeds , will it produce same sound quality as the DGX model which uses PCIE ?
Here's my PC specs if you need them :
Motherboard: MSI Z97 PC MATE
Ram: Crucial 1600mhz 16 GB
GPU: EVGA GTX 1070 FTW
CPU: i7 4790K
(I tried my best to get the best GPU and CPU within my budget , that's why my mobo and ram is kinda old and inexpensive)