Onboard Sound or SB Live 5.1 on 8RDA+

zPacKRat

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• Aug 26, 2003

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What is everyone's take on this?
I'm ordering an 8RDA+ with 2 256Mb Sticks of buffalo pc3200 from Newegg on friday and will be upgrading my current system with a SB live 5.1 value.
What is going to give me better sound as well as low CPU utilization???

 

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cherryp00t

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• Aug 27, 2003

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the onboard will give you lower cpu utilization.. as for teh quailty.. only your ears can tell you that =d ppl argue back and forth about it.. just check both and pick the one you like better =d

 

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zPacKRat

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thanks for the info.

 

Element-Xero

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• Aug 27, 2003

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interesting....just how much of a gain are we talking using the onboard Vs. SB LIVE?

significant?

 

drshivas

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• Aug 27, 2003

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Here is an interesting look at this issue:

"Sound Can Be Hazardous for Games"

http://www6.tomshardware.com/game/20030405/index.html

I, however, chose to get an SBLive 5.1 for my 8rda+ because I wanted digital out and EAX.

 

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zPacKRat

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Thanks for the link!

 

SniperXX

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• Aug 28, 2003

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drshivas said:

Here is an interesting look at this issue:

"Sound Can Be Hazardous for Games"

http://www6.tomshardware.com/game/20030405/index.html

I, however, chose to get an SBLive 5.1 for my 8rda+ because I wanted digital out and EAX.

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I read that article too. I tryed it out and I love the on board. Gives some good performance boost in games and I think it sounds just the same... plus I like how it can output the THX (or Dolby.. something like that) to my home theater... games are pure sweetness!