I have some ebay bucks and I was wondering if I should buy a SoundBlaster XtremeMusic card (sb0460) for 8 bucks...
I am currently on a Biostar A870 mobo... pretty old as well.
So what you guys think? Should I?
Meh. For 8 bux? why not. You probably wont notice any difference.
does your motherboard have onboard audio? then no.
Elliott35 wouldn't notice any difference since he has a high end motherboard with quality sound components whereas OP does not.
The X-Fi will sound a lot better than Realtek ALC662 connected to standard headphones or speakers, For $8 you can afford to test the theory.
I use an o2 the onboard for the Maximus 6 Gene kinda sucks. Regardless, for 8 bux why not try it. Just make sure you have the space for it on your mobo.
Also, what headphones are you using?