I wish that I could find an old post by the major. he started a thread like this. but he actually did the actual work.
he had an old cheap soundcard and he had a board with 7.1 hd audio. as he realize when he directly compared them (as oppose to listening to people say that you can't tell the difference), the cheap sound card beat the onboard hands down
veedubfreak, I'm shocked that you can go this route. if I say stick with onboard video, you would shut me down, because you know that the expensive cards are better. the difference is you can actually see video, but not audio.
you can't tell the difference if you don't directly compare them. but you can if you do directly compare them