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Integrated vs Card - Sounds Cards
tetsujin:
What about sound quality? In terms of RFI from the system components and such, I mean, rather than the quality of the D/A synthesis itself. I suppose a cheap solution of any kind won't fare well in that regard... any recommendations or thoughts?
(Side note - whether a sound device steals cycles depends on the audio chipset used more than onboard vs. off...)
AlanS17:
They say to combat interference, the goal is to get the audio device as far away from everything else inside the PC as possible. The best way to do that would be to use a PCI sound card and install it in the last PCI slot away from all the other cards and the rest of the motherboard and drives.
SeaMonkey:
Sound Blaster is claiming 33% increase on FPS, over onboard sound, with their next gen cards due to hardware accelerated 3D sound.
Sounds too good to be true, but I will certainly check it out
beek:
Like anything they are all different. Check out the mboards with the built in soundstorm. The one I have sounds better then my other rig running a soundblaster live. You would probably need an Audigy 2 or similar to sound better.
AlanS17:
Ok, I could see a difference for 3D processing, but when you're talking about emulation you're talking about flat mono or stereo sound. I don't think it'll make a difference one way or another.