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09-17-2006, 09:05 AM
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| Master Techie  Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, United Kingdom.
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|  Hello, I agree. Don't use onboard, and buy a soundcard.
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09-18-2006, 12:22 PM
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| Newb Techie Join Date: Sep 2006
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| as far as i know, better to have an independence-soundcard than to have onboard-soundcard. onboard-soundcard just makes motherboard works heavier coz of some of its memory took for playing the sound. with independence-soundcard, memory that used to play the sound taken from its own memory. then motherboard works on max performance (^^')> right or not ??? |
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09-18-2006, 12:34 PM
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| lvl Infinite Psychopath  Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Mount Prospect, IL
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   | If you don't want to spend alot of money and you also don't want to use onboard then look for a Audigy 2 ZS, should be pretty cheap now. I have one, it preforms well. If you want to spend a good amount look for the Blue gears Mystique. (I don't think neweeg has it anymore) The High End would probably be Creatives card with all the extras. (External Box, Remote, I think 250+ ish)
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09-18-2006, 03:04 PM
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| True Techie Join Date: Sep 2006
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| I brought SB Audigy 4 I brought a SB Audigy 4 this afternoon, it costs around US 69 dollars. Two CDs are included. I have to spend another 2 hrs to configure all the setting! It's tough for me! BTW, it consumes quite a lot of system resources and, of course power! |
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09-19-2006, 12:21 AM
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| True Techie Join Date: Sep 2006
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I have also brought a 5.1 stereo and its power consumption is 71W. Besides, the creative SB Auidgy 4 as it said in the instruction, has to draw 20W from PSU. so, I have to be more concerned about the electric bill.  | |
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09-19-2006, 12:43 AM
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| Audio Engineer  Join Date: Dec 2004
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| this is probably due to all of the software. Either that, or the media player you are using is a resource hog. That looking at the task manager will NOT show you how well your soundcard is performing. You shouldn't go by that.
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