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| Ultra Techie | Is the integrated sound on the p35-ds3r any good? Does anyone have this board and can give some input about the integrated sound? I'm trying to decide if I should get a sound card. I also have a Logitech x230 2.1 speakers, they aren't great, but decent. I know sound cards are useless if your speakers suck and vice versa. So would the sound quality of a Logitech x230 with a p35-ds3r integrated sound be good quality? I was thinking about a CHEAP sound card (something from creative around $50), nothing expensive.... so if a cheap sound card doesn't make a difference then I guess I'll use integrated sound. Expensive sound card + cheap speakers would be stupid.
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| Master Techie Join Date: Dec 2006
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| Adding a sound card is always going to improve audio quality even if the card is cheap (to a reasonable degree) but most people are happy with onboard it works well. mainly audiophiles get soundcards for the average joe its better to spend th money on a nicer graphics card/cpu
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| not much of a difference if ur not an audio phile, pick up one of em' creative audigy SE's
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| btw get the one labeled PCI Interface not Low Profile
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| Monster Techie | most MB's now have 7.1 high def. audio so its actually pretty good for standard. but of course a sound card is gonan improve alot. and those speakers u got are actually fairly decent. me myself i love clear crisp 3d sound so i have x-fi and affordable x-530 5.1 speakers. |
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| Super Techie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia
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| Onboard sound is pretty nice on the ds3r...but im not testing against a seperate card, so im useless really, lol.
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| Super Techie | OnlyCurious, if youre really concerned about sound quality, here's what you do: use the optical out from the mobo and plug that into an audio receiver then run some bookshelves (and a sub if you want) out from the receiver. I guarantee even moderately priced bookshelf speakers will sound better than 90% of any soundcard/comp speakers combo. I'm not sure if that's feasible for you, but just a thought. Feel free to PM me with any other questions if youre interested. Sorry, just saw the ds3r ALSO has digital coax out in addition to optical out........so you're set.
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