Re: Poll - How many people use onboard audio and what is it?
- From: Walter Mitty <mitticus@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2006 11:40:18 +0200
Stowie <no@xxxxxxxx> writes:
On Tue, 1 Aug 2006 20:50:22 -0400, "HockeyTownUSA"
<cyberpilot@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Just curious if people use onboard audio, what it is, and if they're
satisfied with what they hear.
I have a Shuttle Small Form Factor PC and it only has one PCI-express slot
and one PCI slot, so I have to forego a PCI audio card if I want decent
cooling, i.e. dual slot cooler. I have an X-fi, but for the sake of running
a cooler GPU, I may have to ditch the X-fi.
My Shuttle has Realtek ALC882. It is 7.1 and apparently is decent audio. I
have only played Battlefield 2 briefly using it.
Generally speaking, onboard audio uses your CPU to double as a DSP to
process audio signals, so you are generally looking at a 10-20% drop
in CPU performance by ditching the audio card. It ain't worth it, I
Are you sure? Maybe in the old days - is it
really true now? I'm very surprised.
say downgrade the cooling. I always tell gamers with onboard audio
the best way to speed up their PC is to get a $50 sound card to take
that load off the CPU. You are likely to see stuttering in some games
-- if not now, depending on the rest of your setup -- you will see it
in the future when games with higher requirements come along. This is
one reason I dont like small form factor PCs (too limited on options).
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