View Full Version : To buy a new sound car or stay on integrated?
slim_shady
10-01-2006, 05:56 AM
I have Asus p5b Deluxe Wifi and I am wondering if I should buy a new sound card or stay on motherboard sound card?
If I have to buy a new one than please tell me what??
Tnx.
ripken204
10-01-2006, 08:47 AM
depends, what speakers do u have?
slim_shady
10-01-2006, 01:22 PM
depends, what speakers do u have?
Logitech X-230
NickS
10-01-2006, 01:42 PM
Get an SB-Live 24-Bit. Cheap, good.
flavoraid
10-11-2006, 09:58 AM
if you decide to get headphones
PLEASE stay away from x-fi.
vengance_01
10-18-2006, 10:11 AM
Stay away from the live cards. Get your self a nice used A2 ZS. I got mine for 50$ 6 months ago. Now I see ppl getting rid of them for 30-40$. Great sound card and there is not much difference between it and the X-FI cards, plus with your low end speakers no reason to spend alot.
damnnit
11-03-2006, 03:10 PM
Not sure if its too late but audigy or xfi cards will help, onboard sound for p5b is crap.
are either of these decent upgrades over onboard?
hxxp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1164887
hxxp://www.tigerdirect.ca/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1870098&CatId=0
ingenue007
11-05-2006, 01:12 AM
i have an old sb live card. does the onboard sound cause a dec in FPS? if so, what is the avg dec?
osiris999
11-05-2006, 11:47 AM
how would sound cause a dec in fps
Modzilla
11-06-2006, 08:12 PM
onboard sound can reduce fps because onboard sound consumes significantly more cpu cycles than a seperate sound card.
damnnit
11-07-2006, 04:48 PM
With my system, you will barely notice a few fps difference with onboard vs the xfi. I get the crackle problem at any volume with Highs on my board so I opted for a soundcard. If you dont have the problem, soundcard is not necessary.
Modzilla
11-07-2006, 06:13 PM
the crackle problem is an issue of the pci bus and pci latency. see this thread for the fix:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=122055
swaaye
11-13-2006, 03:26 PM
I'd grab a Audigy 2 ZS off eBay.
Watch out for the OEM ones though unless you want the extra challenge of finding a working app/driver CD. Creative sticks different PCI IDs on their OEM cards and their downloadable drivers won't work with them unless you mod some INFs. You can always get the drivers from whatever OEM sold the card, say Gateway or Dell, etc.
Driverheaven forum can help with the OEM cards and drivers.
flavoraid
11-20-2006, 08:40 AM
you can try to flash a sound blaster live 5.1 to audigy 4 or something crazy like that theres a tutorial on extremeoverclocking.com
hopper
12-04-2006, 07:29 PM
i got the same board the onboard isnt bad i also have a audigy 2 zs plat pro for games but am havving problem with vista and its drivers (no rear sound)
a pimp thing to do is use a audigy for your games and at the same time use the onboard for talking on teamspeak/vent and your game sound goes throught your main speakers and you teamspeak goes through you headset you just tell your teamspeak to use the onboard specifically