So, I currently have the Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro. I am going to be upgrade my system in the next few months with an asus ROG Crosshair 4 extreme motherboard. Do you guys think it would be worth it to keep my current sound card or go with my motherboards built in sound? Alright, thanks for any insights into my questions!
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Mboard sound or Dedicated Sound Card?
- Thread starter JKman
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don't all high end Asus motherboards come with the Supreme FX II sound card?
i think with the newer boards they have Creative chips built in, so you should be ok with sound quality, unless you're crazy about quality
another way, you could use the coaxial input as it reads the audio direct from your motherboard and not after it has been decoded by the sound card. this will (should?) give you the best sound quality. since i switched from my sound card -> speakers to coaxial input from mobo -> speakers the sound's been cleaner and crisper.
EDIT:
yeah you should get one of these:
i think with the newer boards they have Creative chips built in, so you should be ok with sound quality, unless you're crazy about quality
another way, you could use the coaxial input as it reads the audio direct from your motherboard and not after it has been decoded by the sound card. this will (should?) give you the best sound quality. since i switched from my sound card -> speakers to coaxial input from mobo -> speakers the sound's been cleaner and crisper.
EDIT:
yeah you should get one of these:
