Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Sound Cards > Audigy vs. CMI8738 on-board?

Audigy vs. CMI8738 on-board?

Forum CPU & Components : Sound Cards - Audigy vs. CMI8738 on-board?

Tom's Hardware: Over 1.4 million members in 6 different countries available to answer all your high-tech questions. Sign up now! Its free!
Ask the community Add a reply
Word :    Username :           
 
Anonymous   10-04-2001 at 02:23:27 AM

Does anyone know how the CMI 8738 audio chip that is on the Soyo DRAGON (among others) compares to the Audigy cards? What does the $200 card give me that the few extra bucks for on-board doesn't?

Add a reply
Sponsored Links
Register or log in to remove.
Crashman   10-04-2001 at 10:10:55 AM
- 0 +

Probably not much, maybe a little flatter response curve, plus user features that are mostly software based.

Back to you Tom...

Reply to Crashman
AMD_Man   10-04-2001 at 01:53:13 PM
- 0 +

Well, you'll get good sound but none of the bells and whistles. You'll be missing EAX Advanced HD (which is the third revision of EAX), 24-bit/96KHz audio (doesn't actually decode sound in that level but it helps make regular 16-bits sounds better) and finally you'll miss the endless array of software Creative ships with their cards. Nothing you really need; They are more like little toys.

AMD technology + Intel technology = Intel/AMD Pentathlon IV; the <b>ULTIMATE</b> PC processor

Reply to AMD_Man
Anonymous   10-04-2001 at 07:12:11 PM
- 0 +

Generally speaking, 96-kHz/24-bit converters will not improve the sound of 16-bit/48- or 44.1-kHz audio. And based on the numbers in the TH Audigy review, the Audigy is actually performing slightly short of 16-bit resolution anyway.

Reply to Anonymous
Ask the community Add a reply
Tom's Hardware > Forum > CPU & Components > Sound Cards > Audigy vs. CMI8738 on-board?
Go to:

There are 1069 identified and unidentified users. To see the list of identified users, Click here.

Forum map
Bestofmedia Forum ©
2000-2009 Bestofmedia Group
Page generated in 0.253 seconds
Please mind

You are about to answer a thread that has been inactive for more than 6 months.
If you still wish to proceed, please ensure that your posting is original and does not duplicate or overlap any prior responses to this thread.

Add a reply Cancel
Sponsored links
  • Ask the community now
  • Publish
Ad
Related Topics
See all relatives topics
They won a badge
Join us in greeting them
  • 01:00 Ckaz won the Freshman badge
  • 01:00 james59 won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 snarl won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 patlabor44 won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 Kiren won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 WookinPaNub won the Uniformed badge
  • 01:00 kwadams won the Uniformed badge
  • 21:57 brockh won the Sophmore badge
  • 01:00 xpax won the Freshman badge
  • 01:00 Mizoguchi won the Freshman badge