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Title: Sound Card Question
Post by: HeavyK on April 13, 2009, 01:36:15 pm

Y'all

  For a mame cab can the on board sound from my intel motherboard be good enough to replicate the sounds for mame or do I need a dedicated sound card?  Also by adding a sound card does it help improve the speed at which mame runs?  Thanks in advance.

HeavyK

Title: Re: Sound Card Question
Post by: Fordman on April 13, 2009, 04:17:10 pm

Just use the onboard sound. Remember, most of the sounds are from the 70's, 80's & 90's where 3D, 4D, 2.1,3.1,5.1 or 7 channel surround and the likes wasnt even thought of.

I know I'll be contested with use of the onboard.

Also it shouldnt make MAME run any faster. Using a better video card will make MAME better since most of the action is on screen VS the sound! 64MB Ram video card should run most MAME games fairly well!

Hope this helps,  ;D

Fordman