hm was looking for a cheap sound card like the audigy 4 that wouldn't make my fps drop to much and a one better than my onboard
only having 1gb of memory is killing your performance more than any onboard could, id double that at least first. but to answer your question, almost any sound card is better than onboard. grab an x-fi xtreme gamer,ht omega striker, hda x-plosion or somethin.