On board sound question

[Guest]

Hello All,
I will be trying out a Gigabyte GA-7VTX-H(VIA KT266A). Does it slow down the system if I use the onboard Creative CT-5880 sound chip instead of something like a SoundBlaster Live? Just wondering...
Thanks

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[Guest]

Using onboard sound wont slow that board down.

have at it man. (I was looking to buy that MOBO myself, but I like A7V266-E a little better, merely cause of the onboard RAID contoller)

 

[FatBurger]

It will slow you down, but 114 FPS in Quake 3 instead of 115 is no big deal.

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[DaveGOD]

fatburger, i thought onboard sound chips (as opposed to codecs) were actually faster than PCI card as its direct rather than the card which has to utilise PCI??

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[FatBurger]

Nope, the opposite. Typically onboard sound isn't as good of a chip, so it uses more of the CPU.

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[DaveGOD]

ok thanks

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