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Maxiius   01-30-2006 at 06:09:25 PM

How much a performance benefit do you get by having a sound card do sound processing stuff compared the the MB/cpu processor doing it?

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uncle_ben   01-30-2006 at 06:35:57 PM
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Depends on app and the rest of the system. Note that this card does EAX 3, 4 and 5 that are not processed by onboard audio at all...
Have a look here for some benchmarks:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2005 [...] dex.x?pg=6
http://www.guru3d.com/article/sound/246/13
http://www.nordichardware.com/Arti [...] ivelse=441

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Maxiius   01-30-2006 at 06:48:15 PM
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Eh? If all i'm gonna get is about 3-4 more FPS by using a sound card, its not worth it to me heh. I play CS sometimes, but mainly MMORPGs, my sounds is mostly from teamspeak / ventrillo chatting.

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Vile   01-31-2006 at 01:25:39 AM
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lol don't get a soundcard if that's the case. You probably won't notice the difference unless you got high quality speakers. Plus you use it for CSS and teamspeak, so there's no really a point that justifies a soundcard.

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Maxiius   01-31-2006 at 04:07:24 PM
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lol don't get a soundcard if that's the case. You probably won't notice the difference unless you got high quality speakers. Plus you use it for CSS and teamspeak, so there's no really a point that justifies a soundcard.



Agreed 8)

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