Sound Card generates sound from your PC.

Good sound card in affordable price is main matter in Audio/video playback, games, and graphics application. You can choose according to your need like for good playback/recording or games or as you need in graphics application.

The direct affecting technical point to keep in mind are:

• Is it 8bit or 16bit Cards because 8bit can playback upto max Of 22Khz and 16bit can playback upto max of 44.1Khz.

• Is it Full duplex or Half duplex in full duplex you can playback and record simultaneously.in Telephony application like internet phone etc you need full duplex in half could be end up like you are using Wakie-talkie.

• Is it Plug-n-Play? PnP can easily configured. If you are using Windows95/NT.

• Is it recognized in standard operating system like Windows95/NT otherwise your sound card would be installed as a simple soundcard and you wont be able to get full feature of your card.

Some Top Sound Card Manufacturer

• Creative Labs

•  Aztech

•  Yamaha

•  Analogic Device

•  National  semicon

•  IBM