Onboard AC 97 sound.. Disable it?

[Koo Koo Mouse]

Its built in with the Shuttle ak31a

It hasn't been a bad to me at all.. BUT tonight Now I know there is a problem.. with some games. And only some.

For example: Nascar demo 2002 ran great but the horried engine sound.. An Yikes!! the 2003 demo same thing! I thought if they cant get there motor sounds straight Im not buying this and blamed them.
All other racing games have been fine.. Motor City (rip) Gta3. gta vice, all need for speeds and ect..

What leads me to believe there is a problem is this:

Checked out the mod for BF called BF82 (interstate 1982) I get into a car and soon as I hit the gas a very repetative 2 second clip(loop) starts and never changes unless I stop.. then it just switches "canned idle"
I thought great.. same sound sheme they use on DC for the hummers or BF42 on the jeeps (on or off!!!).. horried!

Anyway I watched a vid on how the death track on 82 can be beaten. Viewed it and DAM! his car sounds ramp up and down! Thats were I blew my gasket.. There IS a problem.

I don't think any drivers or out past 2001 so I'm kinda stuck. Did a google and maby fould one or two responses that "might" be the same issue. " nascar 2003 runs great but the car sounds like wound out moped" or somthing like that..
On the nacar site I did try to yell there a bit calling there motors an eggbeater on crack! Any usful info?come back Nope. They tell you to update drivers..urgg

Veeery few of us have this prblem and arn't yelling enoght to make any waves, (or maybe people accept this) so I think I'll grap a cheap PCI.
But I must ask.. If you grab a hummer in DC Does you motor sound ramp or get a constant loop of motor runnig same speed. Maybe thats the norm on those, but I do know now its NOT on bF1982 as I heard it and sounded pretty good.

I'm Pretty sure the right card will fix this and the nascar demos. Seems to be only three or four games that wil not Rev.. Odd one ey??

[FlyingPenguin]

If it's the older AC97 sound chip then it sucks. The AC97 chipset on the NForce boards (the one that supports 5.1 channel surround and digital in.out) is excellent however.

Get yourself a CMedia chipset sound card. They rock for little bucks. Here's one for a good price: http://www.newegg.com/app/Viewproduct.a ... hFor=AW850

[NascarFool]

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin
If it's the older AC97 sound chip then it sucks. The AC97 chipset on the NForce boards (the one that supports 5.1 channel surround and digital in.out) is excellent however.

No way. I have an Epox 8RDA+ and just recently I installed an Audigy2. The sound quality is so much better than the Onboard nForce 6 channel.

[Executioner]

Thanks FP, I just ordered 3 cards @$11 each. They will come in handy the next couple of months as I have 2 pc's to build.

[FlyingPenguin]

I will NEVER install a Sound Blaster sound card in my computer EVER again. They lost me forever with the SBLive.

If you use your computer for gaming, I see no point in spending a lot of money on a sound card when the on-board sound chips in use today are excellent quality.

If you're going to use your system as an entertainment center or for studio mixing then by all means, get a premium card.

Anyway, sure a $50 or $100 sound card is going to sound better than a basic CMedia or AC97 card, but frankly for most people the differnce is un-noticeable or unimportant (I used to be a sound engineer by trade so yes I know the difference, I just don't need a premium sound card on my computer).

I don't use my computer as an entertainment center - I already have an entertainment center. Computers are best used as computers IMO - they make lousy faxes, answering machines and entertainment systems.

I have 2 speakers with a woofer, but most often use headphones. I don't have a surround system on my computer - it's on my entertainment system.

I play games. For gaming a good old CMedia 8738 chipset sound card sounds fabulous, and the newer AC97 chipset on my NForce2 sounds even better.

I listen to MP3s while I work, and the quality is great.