Is the Integrated Sound on the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe?

[ladic]

Is the Integrated Sound on the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe Mobo any good? what would it be it's Sound Card Equivalent?
And will my Ahtlon XP 2500 barton work with this mobo?
thanks

 

[randy66]

yes , onboard sound is great , comparable to Audigy - Audigy 2 series sound cards in my opinion , yes barton will work fine

 

[ladic]

cool, that will save me some money on buying a new sound card to upgrade my sb live

 

[rox]

Not all nforce2 have excellent sound. MCP only which uses the realtek ALC650(AC97)DAC - it's software based. Only the MCP-T boards have digital encoding (does not decode) on the fly. For instance, The Biostar M7NCDP, Shuttle AN35N, regulat A7N8X (non deluxe), Abit NF7 (not -S), A-Open AK79D-400VN,XFX NF24ALH, Chaintech 7NJL4..etc..all are MCP southbridge AC97 only boards. So sound is analog only and ALC650, which is mediocre at best.

There are a few boards with are MCP that utilize the C-Media 9739 codec like the Epox 8RDA3+. But only the MCP-T boards have full digital sound that would be compared to an Audigy 1...not the Audigy 2. AC97 (ALC650) is actually very common, and its really cot even comparable to C-Media 8738 at all. C-media 8738 sounds alot better, and does EAX. 8738 was common in many KT266a and KT333 motherboards of the past, and you can still find them on Soyo motherboards, and a few Deluxe chaintech boards.