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Newbie to Sound cards - suggestions required for sound card upto 3k
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<blockquote data-quote="cranky" data-source="post: 1785505" data-attributes="member: 9160"><p>Such as?</p><p></p><p>There is no such option in low-cost boards anymore, maybe at the absolute high end and even then all you get is Creative. Even Intel has migrated to Realtek for the cost benefits. The only people who use good onboard sound are Apple, who have stuck with Cirrus, but even then only the low-cost models. And Greenie, you know how mobo manufacturers implement audio. The performance is far below the potential of the chipset.</p><p> @[USER=530]TheBroker[/USER]: Greenie has a point when he mentions onboard is good enough for most speakers under 5k. I don't necessarily agree, but there it is. Onboard audio is designed for Windows alerts and very basic audio equipment, and eve a tiny expense can provide very reasonable upgrade. The B75 from Gigabyte has a very basic onboard chip (FWIW I have never enabled it so have no clue how good/bad it is). I would suggest you buy the speakers first and if you feel the sound isn't up to scratch, you can start thinking about a soundcard upgrade. However note that most PC speakers upto 5-6k are quite basic, and may not show any upgrade even with a good card.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cranky, post: 1785505, member: 9160"] Such as? There is no such option in low-cost boards anymore, maybe at the absolute high end and even then all you get is Creative. Even Intel has migrated to Realtek for the cost benefits. The only people who use good onboard sound are Apple, who have stuck with Cirrus, but even then only the low-cost models. And Greenie, you know how mobo manufacturers implement audio. The performance is far below the potential of the chipset. @[USER=530]TheBroker[/USER]: Greenie has a point when he mentions onboard is good enough for most speakers under 5k. I don't necessarily agree, but there it is. Onboard audio is designed for Windows alerts and very basic audio equipment, and eve a tiny expense can provide very reasonable upgrade. The B75 from Gigabyte has a very basic onboard chip (FWIW I have never enabled it so have no clue how good/bad it is). I would suggest you buy the speakers first and if you feel the sound isn't up to scratch, you can start thinking about a soundcard upgrade. However note that most PC speakers upto 5-6k are quite basic, and may not show any upgrade even with a good card. [/QUOTE]
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