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14th August 2003, 21:36
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|  nf7-s onboard sound vs. SB Live 5.1 What do you guys think I should use? I searched around a little bit, but I didn't get a clear answer. Some say the nf7-s soundchip (soundstorm if I'm not mistaken) uses less resources others say it uses more than the Live or Audigy cards. And what about the sound quality? tnx a lot |
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14th August 2003, 22:11
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| - an SB Live is a bit better then onboard sound. the quality of onboard sounds varies between crappy and quite good, but I don't think they can beat such quality cards - the difference between the resource usage is quite small I think, only on cheap boards like an ECS they use a lot of resources |
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14th August 2003, 22:31
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| http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/reviews/nForce/nForce.html Now I know for sure it uses less recources then the Live card. But maybe you're right about the quality. Other opinions? |
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14th August 2003, 22:54
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 | Quality is OK. What are you using it for ? I have a fortissimo card, the soundquality of the onboard nf7 is better imo (when playing cd's, using shoutcast, ...).
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14th August 2003, 23:34
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| The usual stuff I guess. Games, CD's/mp3's and a DVD once in a while. |
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15th August 2003, 00:13
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| I've had both and i prefered the onboard soundstorm. I didn't notice an improvement in audio quality, but less conflicts and far better software.
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15th August 2003, 08:18
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| ok, onboard it is then. tnx! |
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