Recent content by Mr Lama

The Asus that you posted should give you a 5.1 sound while giving you a pretty decent sound quality. But if i were you i'd check again in settings if the surround option is avaiable. Maybe your built in soundcard is not 5.1? Can you post the mobo model?

Well the obvious and also kind of troll answer would be – Because you have a stereo headset :P But to answer your question. Those two sound cards are not really that good, if you want a cheap one look for the Titanium HD. if you are willing to pay a bit more then check the SoundBlaster Z/Zx...