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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: AmRaaM on July 26, 2005, 09:33:44 PM

Title: Sound onboard or card?
Post by: AmRaaM on July 26, 2005, 09:33:44 PM

Whats best- got a intel w/sound on board (865perl) or would there be any gain in disabling the onboard sound and using a 60$ card ?

Title: Sound onboard or card?
Post by: AdmRose on July 26, 2005, 10:18:37 PM

I use my RealTek onboard sound. Unless you're using a 5.1 surround system (I'm not, I'm using headphones) there is really no need for a high-end sound card.

Title: Sound onboard or card?
Post by: OOZ662 on July 27, 2005, 01:49:23 AM

Highend, no, but onboard sound is bad compared to a card system. They eat CPU cycles. The AC'97 and ones like it are all around bad quality. Don't even get Skuzzy started; he's ranted on this a couple hundred times. :D