to use onboard audio or not to use onboard

[AMPLIFRIER]

Just got gigabyte ga-7n400 pro mobo

the onboard sound seems to perform ok.....

but now my santa cruz is homeless.

what would YOU do......keep the onboard or disable it and pop the SC in?

im kinda leaning toward throwing the sc back in.


AMP

[Mark]

i say sell it to me for $20

[AMPLIFRIER]

Originally posted by the snake
i say sell it to me for $20

lol sorry mate

AMP

[LT-73]

Originally posted by the snake
i say sell it to me for $20

Hey AMP, I vote save the card as a back up and use the onboard sound.

I have a TBSC also and have the nvidia Sounstorm on the NF7-s 2.0. The onboard sound is incredible, and at times, better than the TBSC's sound. Using the onboard sound and just nestled the TBSC in the closet as back up just in case

[aagiants]

Y use onboard? the sound is prob better on Snata Cruz, and it willsave u those 2 CPU cylces too heh

[Brk]

Use a sound card...just not a Creative.

[YARDofSTUF]

that has the realtek sound chip in it and not the soundstorm right?

if its not the soundstorm then go with the turtle beach.

[AMPLIFRIER]

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
that has the realtek sound chip in it and not the soundstorm right?

if its not the soundstorm then go with the turtle beach.

its not the realtek...but i dont see soundstorm listed either.

in device manager it lists it as...

NVIDIA(R)nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit(Dolby(R) Digital)

im just weighing the difference between having a card in there to do the work or let the mobo handle it.

not sure how much of a performance hit it is to let the mobo do the sound.

thanks

AMP

[LT-73]

Originally posted by AMPLIFRIER
its not the realtek...but i dont see soundstorm listed either.

in device manager it lists it as...

NVIDIA(R)nForce(TM) MCP Audio Processing Unit(Dolby(R) Digital)

In my device manager it's listed the same.

The Nvidia NForce MCP Audio Processing unit = Teh Soundstorm.

[LT-73]

Nforce SoundStorm



Device manager

[AMPLIFRIER]

Originally posted by LT-73
Nforce SoundStorm



Device manager

thats it

but i was just jammin some mp3's a little while ago.....thought it sounded a bit flat.....decided to throw the turtle beach in..........

man there is no way im using the onboard.....the TBSC sounds sooooo much better.

at least it sounds better with the gear i have "see sig"

thanks for the input everyone :-)

AMP

[AMPLIFRIER]

Originally posted by LT-73
Nforce SoundStorm



Device manager

thats it

but i was just jammin some mp3's a little while ago.....thought it sounded a bit flat.....decided to throw the turtle beach in..........

man there is no way im using the onboard.....the TBSC sounds sooooo much better.

at least it sounds better with the gear i have "see sig"

thanks for the input everyone :-)

AMP

[YARDofSTUF]

thats odd, teh nvidia sound should smoke ur tbsc.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...N400%20Pro.htm


on teh site it advertises teh nvidia soundstorm but in the specs it says it uses teh realtek aduio codec instead of the nforce aduio codec, that maybe why ur sound is a bit flat i guess.

[AMPLIFRIER]

Originally posted by YARDofSTUF
thats odd, teh nvidia sound should smoke ur tbsc.

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...N400%20Pro.htm


on teh site it advertises teh nvidia soundstorm but in the specs it says it uses teh realtek aduio codec instead of the nforce aduio codec, that maybe why ur sound is a bit flat i guess.

yeah man....all i know is i fired up an mp3 right after i installed my TBSC and the difference was instantly noticable.
alot cleaner sharper sound.

i think the only way i may use the onboard is if my TBSC craps out on me.

AMP

[Mark]

did you play around with the second tab called speaker setup, surround settings ?

i had to tweak mine to get the sound i wanted.

[YARDofSTUF]

Originally posted by the snake
did you play around with the second tab called speaker setup, surround settings ?

i had to tweak mine to get the sound i wanted.

thats true too, also dont use the soundstorm EQ keep that disabled and change the EQ from whatever audio player u use.

but if u have a realtek codec then it still wont match the true nforce sound.

[tHE_0ne]

Originally posted by Burke
Use a sound card...just not a Creative.

well said