the loss of 7.1 sound from the K8N onboard sound or shall I just budget for an Audigy 2 ZS/4? Even the inferior Realtek ALC850 doesn't make you sacrifice the Line In and Mic sockets to get surround sound audio, but I wont step down that far as I intend to listen...

you pretty well covered it johnny. Onboard sound is pretty basic and I doubt the amp is strong enough to power anything substantial. Your options are really as laid out above. A new sound card, a powered speaker system with a headphone jack (which may...

encoding which isn't everyone's cup of tea. I'm just saying the nForce onboard sound is way overrated for what it is. FYI, the APU does apply the same resampling tricks (44.1 to 48KHz) to audio and that means it isn't any better than any other sound processor...

The time has come to replace my onboard sound. Ok, I have finaly decided to replace my onboard ac97 soundcard but: This is the only area I have never taken an intrest in so I have no Idea about value or specs. Im a gamer first, BF2 mainly I may watch a...

My sound problem began when I was using onboard sound BEFORE I bought my external sound card. I have aways had integrated sound fully disabled in the BIOS before I installed my external card. I thought my problem would be corrected if i removed my onboard...

Onboard sound issues. Ok, i just recently bought the new MSI k8n diamonod plus motherboard. It comes with a built in Audigy SE sound chip. My problem is that i can not get 5.1 sound out of it, only get 2.1 sound. I have installed the creative labs utility...

sound / audio. 1. This board has the realtek onboard HD sound. What I have found is that IF I have AHCI mode enabled , the sound is immediately jacked. Basically what this means is that the sound is immediately plagued with stuttering, skips, and delays...

Then, I've discovered that in AudioHQ (also from Creative software), under the View>Multimedia Propertis, I CAN actually access the 'Sound and Audio Devices' applet...this will open the 'Audio' tab...other tabs like 'Sound', 'Voice' and 'Hardware' is also...

Driver for High Definition Audio - ATI AA01" I figured it was the onboard sound from the video card and navigated to my sound and audio devices and attempted to choose this option under my sound playback but there was no such option. The *only* option there...

P4 2.8G, Asus P4P800 motherboard). For some strange reason, sound only comes from one speaker. I've tested both the onboard Soundmax sound card and a Creative PCI sound card. All settings appear to be correct (inlcuding the balance....). Any ideas? Thanks....