Sound Card Recomendation

So I am getting a pair of Seinheisser HD 555 headphones for my birthday next week and was thinking about upgrading from my onboard sound to accomadate them. I am looking to spend under $70 on a new soundcard and am running the windows 7 RC. I also have a set of 5.1 Z-5300 logitech speakers that I will be using. Any reccomendations would be greatly appreciated thanks!

With an under 70$ sound card, I'm not sure you'll see a big improvement over onboard sound...If I were you, I'll wait to get more cash and get an Auzenthec sound card (forte 7,1 or prelude 7,1)

So I am getting a pair of Seinheisser HD 555 headphones for my birthday next week and was thinking about upgrading from my onboard sound to accomadate them. I am looking to spend under $70 on a new soundcard and am running the windows 7 RC. I also have a set of 5.1 Z-5300 logitech speakers that I will be using. Any reccomendations would be greatly appreciated thanks!

gloctar

In my opinion it's not worth it to buy anything under an X-FI Xtremegamer... and that's running between $80 and $100 depending on where you shop. The Xtreme Audio isn't even a true X-FI (different sound processor), so rule that out. I'd have to recommend saving until you can afford something a little better than $70.

The best price/performance soind card is the X-Fi Xtreme Gamer...its tons better than onboar sounds....but iam not sure if you will notice the difference using headphones.

So you really think a sub $70 card won't be a noticable enough improvement over my onboard sound? I also forgot to mention that I mainly listen to music on this PC and don't care about gaming that much.