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um yea unless u have a really fast chip.. if the soundcard is need in the
cpu to do its tasks then its going to slow everything down a bit.. altoough
the sb value card will do the sound processing itself its going to come out
with its 16 channel whatever sound and quality may be lost.. on a positive
note a sb live 5.1 value only costs about �15 me thinks and that sould
therefore be the same output as the mobo but not thrash the cpu.
Personally i h8 mobo's that have onboard sound / video / networking etc.. as
i have use a audigy2 value card and dont want conflicts.
im now however getting pops from my center speaker (sb6.1) every now and
then.. either when its quiet or playing music / games.  such is like i
suppose..
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"Ryan Saravanja" <saravanja@speedfactory.net> wrote in message
news:6MGcncX8LoirFbajXTWc3Q@speedfactory.net...
> Mostly popping and crackling.  However, I have to say I just intalled the
> latest drivers for SoundMAX and removed the SBLive card and it seems to
have
> cleared up.  A BIOS/sound driver/Intel Application Acelerator driver
update
> did the trick.  I'm still concerned about gaming performance with onboard
> audio.  Any problems playing games or using software with high CPU
> utilization?
>
> "Markeau" <please_reply@news.group> wrote in message
> news:YnLW9.1217$G72.415596@dca1-nnrp1.news.algx.net...
> > I have the same mobo. Everything I've read about the onboard sound is
> > that it is approximately equivalent to a SBLive in quality, and I must
> > say it sounds great thru higher end phones and thru a home theater
> > system with near high end components+speakers.
> >
> > What are your sound quality problems?
> >
> > "Ryan Saravanja" <saravanja@speedfactory.net> wrote in message
> > news:BmednQGtxdp3tbajXTWc3A@speedfactory.net...
> > > I currently have installed a SBLive Value Card I have been using
> > forever (I
> > > know its old).  This is my first MB with onboard sound.  Is there
> > going to
> > > be a problem having the sound card in there?  I seem to be having
> > some sound
> > > quality problems but I can narrow it down to the card, the MB, or
> > the
> > > speakers.
> > >
> > >
> >
>
>