A8N-SLI Sound...

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OK, so I just saw another post which prompted me to get around to asking
this:

Is it worth investing in a seperate sound card, or is the onboard sound ok?

The system I'm planning on getting is:

A8N-SLI
A'64 3700+ (s939)
3x 512MB DDR400 Kingston
MSI 6800GT 256MB

I have a 5.1 Panasonic home theatre system that I'll eventually hook up to
my PC - so obviously we're talking digital-optical-out here.

Many thanks.

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Nocturnal wrote:

> see no reason to spend extra money on a PCI sound card. Myself, I
> have the A8N-SLI Deluxe and I'm more than content with the sound I
> receive.


Yes, the onboard solutions are very well. I am even satisfied with the
onboard VIA VT82C686B. The best IMO chipset from VIA.
The only alternative would be a VT880 with dual channel ram - Nice
Chipset. Also with extended onboard sound, off course. The drivers from
VIAarena are very well, too. Called Vinyl, or so.



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

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Nocturnal schrieb:

> Depending on what you plan to do. If you're an "audiophile" then I'd
> suggest getting an Audigy or something along those lines.

An audiophile would get an AV-710, Revo 5.1, Prodigy 7.1LT or 0404 (or
even a Juli@, Audiophile 192 or 1212m), but certainly not an Audigy
card...

Stephan
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I recently built a similar system (same mainboard & cpu). It replaced an
older Soundstorm equipped board. While I agree onboard sound is "adequate"
for mp3's, etc., my biggest complaint was gaming. Many stuttering problems,
lowered frame rates, and just plain missing sounds in BF42. Ended up using
an Audigy 2 and am MUCH happier now. Mp3's sound better too!

"Dragoncarer" <notrightnow@oops.haha> wrote in message
news:42f183e2@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> OK, so I just saw another post which prompted me to get around to asking
> this:
>
> Is it worth investing in a seperate sound card, or is the onboard sound
> ok?
>
> The system I'm planning on getting is:
>
> A8N-SLI
> A'64 3700+ (s939)
> 3x 512MB DDR400 Kingston
> MSI 6800GT 256MB
>
> I have a 5.1 Panasonic home theatre system that I'll eventually hook up to
> my PC - so obviously we're talking digital-optical-out here.
>
> Many thanks.
>

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"milleron" <millerdot90@SPAMlessosu.edu> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 22:17:02 +1000, "Dragoncarer"
> <notrightnow@oops.haha> wrote:
>
>>OK, thanks. Yeah I might just stick with onboard sound.
>
> That's the only logical thing to do. When your rig's built, you'll
> already own the Realtek unit. Use it. If you don't like it, THEN
> spend the money on a PCI card.
> I listen to a lot of music (Rhapsody and CDs), but I'm not a true
> audiophile. I've never considered for a second buying an add-in card
> because the A8N-SLI Premium's onboard sound is more than adequate for
> me.
>

The good thing too: it has an existing optical out. The Audigy (2) doesn't.
From what I can tell.

>
>>"Nocturnal" <nocturnal@anonymous.com> wrote in message
>>news:tBlIe.2809$5g.2002@tornado.socal.rr.com...
>>> Depending on what you plan to do. If you're an "audiophile" then I'd
>>> suggest getting an Audigy or something along those lines. If you're
>>> just
>>> looking to do a little gaming here and there, listen to mp3s, I see no
>>> reason to spend extra money on a PCI sound card. Myself, I have the
>>> A8N-SLI Deluxe and I'm more than content with the sound I receive.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Nocturnal
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dragoncarer" <notrightnow@oops.haha> wrote in message
>>> news:42f183e2@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
>>>> OK, so I just saw another post which prompted me to get around to
>>>> asking
>>>> this:
>>>>
>>>> Is it worth investing in a seperate sound card, or is the onboard sound
>>>> ok?
>>>>
>>>> The system I'm planning on getting is:
>>>>
>>>> A8N-SLI
>>>> A'64 3700+ (s939)
>>>> 3x 512MB DDR400 Kingston
>>>> MSI 6800GT 256MB
>>>>
>>>> I have a 5.1 Panasonic home theatre system that I'll eventually hook up
>>>> to my PC - so obviously we're talking digital-optical-out here.
>>>>
>>>> Many thanks.
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
> Ron

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Stephan Grossklass wrote:

> An audiophile would get an AV-710, Revo 5.1, Prodigy 7.1LT or 0404 (or
> even a Juli@, Audiophile 192 or 1212m), but certainly not an Audigy
> card...
>
> Stephan

I would suggest a old Turtle Beach ISA Card, MIDI off course.
Audiophile are the instruments played not the computer. MIDI is not
hear. You can connect it to instrument and let them play machine like.
Nice.
Not so good as analog sequencers, but as I said it depends to the
hardware and the OS, off course. And as we are here in a IBM-PC
Compatible Newsgroup I would say DOS or Windows 3.11.
Atari is better, but that´s another story.



Best Regards,

Daniel Mandic

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"Jason" <ae2wolfman@bellsouth.net> wrote in message
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> If you plan on playing any games, I would suggest a separate sound card(at
> least a Audigy 2 or equivilent). The onboard sound still runs off the
cpu,
> usually 5-15%. When I first bought my board, I tried using the onboard
> sound(all I had at the time was an older sb live). Though adequate for
most
> situations, I found that while gaming, especially while play BF2, the
> onboard sound wasn't filtering any sounds out(I was hearing every noise on
> the battlefield, very annoying). I went out and got a Audigy 2 and now
only
> hear things in my general area. Plus it got rid of the stuttering in both
> BF2 and GTA:SA.
>
> In the end it all depends on what your using the system for. Onboard
> solutions have gotten better, but they are still no match for a decent
> separate card.

Hmmm....well yes, this rig is all about games, games, games, games!
BUT....my old rig used the same onboard sound (AC'97), and seemed to sound
fine. That's what I'm not sure of: I don't want to go out and slap down
AUD80 for a sound card, only to find it doesn't make much of a difference.

The other thing is I want to eventually hook it up to my Panasonic
receiver - via the digital optical out. An audigy doesn't come with that,
you have to buy a seperate kit. That worries me. Because it's kinda
annoying.

I think I'll wait and play a few new games (like HL2 and the others due out
soon - Myst 5, Dreamfall et al) (and I have to wait for my 6800GT first
too!), and see how I feel about the sound. I've never experienced
stuttering, but....yeah.

Thanks.

> "John Doe" <jdoe@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:BQxIe.1225$rI6.508@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> >I recently built a similar system (same mainboard & cpu). It replaced an
> >older Soundstorm equipped board. While I agree onboard sound is
"adequate"
> >for mp3's, etc., my biggest complaint was gaming. Many stuttering
problems,
> >lowered frame rates, and just plain missing sounds in BF42. Ended up
using
> >an Audigy 2 and am MUCH happier now. Mp3's sound better too!
> >
> > "Dragoncarer" <notrightnow@oops.haha> wrote in message
> > news:42f183e2@dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> >> OK, so I just saw another post which prompted me to get around to
asking
> >> this:
> >>
> >> Is it worth investing in a seperate sound card, or is the onboard sound
> >> ok?
> >>
> >> The system I'm planning on getting is:
> >>
> >> A8N-SLI
> >> A'64 3700+ (s939)
> >> 3x 512MB DDR400 Kingston
> >> MSI 6800GT 256MB
> >>
> >> I have a 5.1 Panasonic home theatre system that I'll eventually hook up
> >> to my PC - so obviously we're talking digital-optical-out here.
> >>
> >> Many thanks.
> >>
> >
> >
>
>