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Sound Blaster or motherboard audio?
Hello. I have a quick question. I have a Sound Blaster live model CT4670.
I will be upgrading my motherboard to one with onboard audio. It has a Real Tek ALC850 chip with 7.1 channel audio output. The manual also says it has integrated Sound Blaster/direct sound AC97 audio. I'm not familiar with Reak Tek or onboard audio. Will the onboard audio produce better sound than my Sound Blaster live? I don't plan on using more than two speakers. Thanks |
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"Arthur Lipscomb" wrote in message ... Hello. I have a quick question. I have a Sound Blaster live model CT4670. I will be upgrading my motherboard to one with onboard audio. It has a Real Tek ALC850 chip with 7.1 channel audio output. The manual also says it has integrated Sound Blaster/direct sound AC97 audio. I'm not familiar with Reak Tek or onboard audio. Will the onboard audio produce better sound than my Sound Blaster live? I don't plan on using more than two speakers. Thanks I have always been led to believe that it is better to use a dedicated soundcard if you have one. Not only will the sound be better (think of what your sound card cost and then think about how much an onboard sound chip will cost in comparison!), but there should be a performace gain in games as the soundcard has dedicated processing power on board. Jambo |
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 14:27:12 GMT As Androids Dreamed Of Electric Sheep
and then "Jambo" wrote : "Arthur Lipscomb" wrote in message ... Hello. I have a quick question. I have a Sound Blaster live model CT4670. I will be upgrading my motherboard to one with onboard audio. It has a Real Tek ALC850 chip with 7.1 channel audio output. The manual also says it has integrated Sound Blaster/direct sound AC97 audio. I'm not familiar with Reak Tek or onboard audio. Will the onboard audio produce better sound than my Sound Blaster live? I don't plan on using more than two speakers. Thanks I have always been led to believe that it is better to use a dedicated soundcard if you have one. Not only will the sound be better (think of what your sound card cost and then think about how much an onboard sound chip will cost in comparison!), but there should be a performace gain in games as the soundcard has dedicated processing power on board. Jambo As above and most of these AC97 chips don't do hardware sound acceleration,another bottleneck when using media files :/ -- Free Windows/PC help, http://www.geocities.com/sheppola/trouble.html |
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"Jambo" wrote in message ... Not only will the sound be better (think of what your sound card cost and then think about how much an onboard sound chip will cost in comparison!) I believe my SB Live can be purchased for about £10 or probably less these days (if you can get it at all), though it cost considerably more at the time. I'd've thought a deal of that cost is associated with the fact that it's a separate board and not down to the chips on it. I don't really know, but I suspect there's little to choose in cost between an old SB LIve and a modern on-board sound chip. but there should be a performace gain in games as the soundcard has dedicated processing power on board. Having said that I still use my SB Live in preference to the on-board sound chip on my MB, because I also have heard that the on-board sound systems tend to use up CPU more than dedicated cards. I've no real idea how true that is in my case, and I've not tested it. |
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