GA-7n400pro2 onboard sound or soundcard?

Archived from groups: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.gigabyte (More info?)

On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 12:45:27 GMT, "Joe Soap" <joe@soap.com> wrote:

>Athlon xp3200
>2*512 OCZ eb RAM
>40gig IBM (c) pri ma
>Pioneer slot DVD rom (d) pri sl
>LG DVD writer 8* (e) sec ma
>Samsung 160 GB (f) sec sl
>
>I'm long overdue for a reformat of C (isn't XP much more forgiving?) and
>have read a few threads here about how a sundcard is preferable as on-board
>sound uses system resources whereas a soundcard has it's own. I've use the
>onboard sound without issue for 2 yrs now but I want to squeeze every last
>bit of performance from this setup before going to a 64bit system.
>
>I have a perfectly good Turtle Beach soundcard in a cupboard, should I
>install it and disable on-board sound for better overall performance?
>
>Thanks.
>

So it uses 'resources'....

What KIND of 'resources' are you concerned about?

I would be VERY surprised if one could even MEASURE any difference in
'performance' ( and performance of what - background/forground CPU
load? Video Perf? HD Perf?) LET ALONE 'feel'/sense any difference.

Personally, unless there is an AUDIBLE differnce in going with a
separate/add-in card that you like, OR there is some functional
difference (HW or SW) that you like/want, etc. I would go with
whatever is most convenient which means I would prob. user the
on-baord sound HW.