Do you need a sound card on your pc to hear sound?

[Korc]

or to just enhance it?
and do you need a wifi card to use wifi?????

 

[jimthenagual]

The integrated sound on most motherboards is good enough for the majority of users. Only if you have an expensive home audio system do you really need a sound card.

Some motherboards come with wifi, some don't.

 

[MundoDragon]

All modern motherboards have integrated audio these days, so the answer is 'No'. You do, however, have to have speakers plugged into the audio jacks (either that or use headphones with a 3.5 mm jack or USB, but they may need drivers and/or configured first)

 

[Korc]

The integrated sound on most motherboards is good enough for the majority of users. Only if you have an expensive home audio system do you really need a sound card.

Some motherboards come with wifi, some don't.

does this have wifi?
http://pcpartpicker.com/part/asus-motherboard-maximusviihero

and what if you were using a headset, is the sound card for that or just when those are unplugged?

 

[jimthenagual]

No, I don't believe the HERO comes with wifi.

As for sound card, you may be misunderstanding me. A sound card is the electronics that power speakers/headphones. You will still need to have speakers or headphones regardless of whether or not a motherboard has integrated sound built in. The HERO has excellent built in sound, you just need headphones or speakers to plug into it.

 

[MundoDragon]

The headset will use the integrated sound on the board. The sound card does not have speakers, it is simply the chip that converts a digital audio signal to analog for playback. You need either speakers or a headset to actually hear the audio. Either or both is fine. With both, you will hear the audio through the headset when it is plugged in. When you unplug it, the sound will play through the speakers. Hope that clears things up.

 

[Korc]

Thanks both of you