Quote Originally Posted by GamingDaemon View Post
I have an Altec Lansing system with two speakers and a sub.

Does using the onboard audio system steal some of my gaming cycles?
Onboard sound WILL steal cpu cycles, so I'd say it depends on the game you're playing - ie. if it's a cpu hogging game then get a gamers sound card like the xfi which has its own processor to process the audio; plus you get full EAX 4.0 if its supported by the game.