


It what I have done with the Recon3D that I used to have before i gave it to a friend that needed a PCI-E sound card.īut if you rather have a sound card and nothing else, then you can go with a Z oem.
#Sound blaster recon 3d full#
Now the only mobo where it doesn't apply to is the Gigabyte Z87 sniper boards even with the same core3D as those motherboards are basiclly just Z's with a op-amp socket on the motherboard as they use the same expect components for audio that a Z uses minus a different hp amp ic that has Two physical gain switches on the mobo fpr 2x and 6.5x which sadly gigabyte don't go into full detail with.īut if you want more from your audio you could do what i suggested and get a Audio Engine D1 which i seen used for $139 or something affordable that has optical input's and plug the Recon3D optical out into it and config it to send audio out it so the external dac amp can accept it. The sound only works for the internal speakers (no headphone functionality) and I'm unable to access the Control panel for Sound Blaster. Then you can keep the recon3D gaming functions while getting the better audio quality from the external device, so you have the best of both worlds. SB-R3DFATALITYP Creative Sound Blaster Recon3D Fatality Pro - SoundCore3D Sound Processor, Crystal Voice Voice Enhancer, THX TruStudio Pro, Scout Mode. I have an Alienware laptop that I just upgraded to windows 10. If you want more from audio then what you can do is get a cheap or affordable external dac amp that has optical input and connect the recon3D's optical output into the external device of course there are other affordable ones which also have the input as well. If you didn't have a sound card and was gonna buy one then it would be silly to grab a Recon3D over a Z for the same price used or oem, As I seen used and oem Z's go for 65-79.

Come on people the Recon3D is not as bad as you guys are making it out to be when compared to most on-boards audio any way.
