Philips PSC703 sound card. Any good?

[cocokrisp]

Anyone here have it or have used it? I need a replacement for my Sb Live because its causing system instability and this card looked good because it is cheap ($46 on pricewatch). I'm also looking into the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz so if you have any experience w/ that card it will be appreciated. Thanks!

 

[aswedc]

The Turtle Beach has an excellent reputation and its around the same price so why not just get it? Heres a link to the huge Santa Cruz thread.

 

[BD231]

Originally posted by: aswedc
The Turtle Beach has an excellent reputation and its around the same price so why not just get it?

The SC is a good bit more expensive and has had some issues around here lately. Go for the PSC705 oem. 5.1 sound, and I prefer it over my audigy. They go for a little over $30 shiped, awesome deal

 

[Mem]

It`s a good sound card for 4 channel sound, if you need 5.1 sound then go with the Philips AE/SE cards as well as other cards like Santa Cruz,Hercules Gamesurround Muse 5.1 etc,btw at Newegg.com they have the Philips Rhythmic edge(retail version) for $29.

The Turtle Beach has an excellent reputation and its around the same price so why not just get it?

Because there`re other good sound cards that are just as good,why restrict your choice to one sound card when there`s quite a good selection of very good sound cards available,plus sound quality is always subjective.