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Sound card poll
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:46 pm
by NascarFool
Do you prefer an add on card or the onboard sound ? The 8RDA+ 6 channel sound with Logitech Z-640 5.1 speakers sounds real good.
Posted: Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:56 pm
by nexus_7
I prefer a Quality addin sound card but I use onboard for ease and less mess at the time. as my dumb ass 200g wd drive requires an addon ide pci card for the time. ARG!
Greg
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:01 am
by Judg3
I use onboard as well. Why? My 6 channel onboard on this Gigabyte board sounds just as good (and sometimes even better) then my SB Live! I used to use. Not to mention I'm free of Creative and their messy driver situations!
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 6:26 am
by DocSilly
Onboard sound, especially from nforce2 boards, is as good as most PCI cards. I still prefer the Audigy cards cause I'm a gamer and they're the only ones with EAX 3.0, which delivers currenty the best 3D sound experience. I had no probs with my Audigy regarding drivers and I know how to avoid installing the ton of crappy creative addon software
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 8:12 am
by FlyingPenguin
The onboard C-Media on my IWill XP333 sounds just as good as my old SBLive without the IRQ issues and flaky drivers.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 9:05 am
by Sean
I'll maybe use onboard on my next motherboard. But, for now, I'll be using my Acoustic Edge.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 10:17 am
by canton_kid
I'm with FP,
Iwill XP 333 sounds nice on stero........ Still working on the new drive install, but I have a set 0f Z640's waiting to connect also!
Kids Shuttle AK35 sounds great with the onboard 6 channel too, hers has the z640's connected already
Starting to think maybe sound cards are about obsolete, or soon will be. Add another one to the legacy pile
On board sound is no longer the crackly snappy junk it used to be!
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:20 pm
by Absolut Talent
my gigabyte ga-7vaxp ultra has onboard Realtek ac97 6 channel sound, but it is disabled and I am using an audigy gamer. I never really tried the onboard sound........i prolly should...
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:53 pm
by FlyingPenguin
AC97 audio chip sucks eggs though. Cmedia is much better.
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 4:58 pm
by Absolut Talent
Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
AC97 audio chip sucks eggs though. Cmedia is much better.
well if thats the case, then I will stick my with audigy.
That is the ONLY pci card I currently have in my system. 4 wasted pci slots now......guess I gotta fill them in with more cooling on the vid card or something
Posted: Sun Mar 16, 2003 5:45 pm
by nexus_7
the new 6 chanel ac97's are much better.
Greg
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 3:34 am
by Pugsley
on the epox 8rda+ Can it do digital coax out like a soundblaster? if so then im just gonna get a + and be done wiht sound cards.
Posted: Mon Mar 17, 2003 9:48 pm
by ZiRu$
"Onboard sucks, give me an add on card."
I love my soundblaster audigy 2 platinum
Posted: Tue Mar 18, 2003 1:13 am
by NascarFool
Originally posted by Pugsley
on the epox 8rda+ Can it do digital coax out like a soundblaster? if so then im just gonna get a + and be done wiht sound cards.
I think you have to purchase the add on bracket from Epox for digital connections. $18 but on back order. It took me a little time to get the nForce sound to work correctly on this 8RDA+ but it's working now and sounds great.