Audio Card Vs Onboard

If you want good surround sound then it probably pays to use a.

Audio card vs onboard. Doesn t sound like a big deal but i kid you not when i. Most high overclocking gaming motherboards come with integrated audio that is much better than you might think much better than on a basic cheap board and many boards come with optical output built. Thank you very much for the information and it seems like it s not really a huge boost in between what my current on board is vs the dedicated sound card. Joined may 25 2012 messages 44 0 01 day jun 25 2012 26 snoopkatt said.

Onboard audio all motherboards on the market come with embedded sound cards or onboard audio. Even on garbage audio device there s no comparison between any onboard sound device and at least half decent dedicated sound card. If you have a fantastic set of headphones or speakers you may notice some difference though i m selling my sound card since i didn t notice the difference when i removed it. I ve never had anything except onboard sound and my knowledge of acoustics couldn t fill a thimble.

Voices sounded more intimately detailed as if the singer were actually in the. Maybe my ears aren t up to it. May 7 2019 12 01am showing 1 15 of 19 comments. Last edited by t h i c c u m s.

From that position buying a sound card has always felt more like a gamble than an investment. Sound cards vs onboard audio what difference does it make. Some audio cards also use the cpu to decode audio. Start date jun 21 2012.

As such onboard audio is not able to produce the same quality of audio as a dedicated sound card. I wasn t aware that having a usb output would bypass the onboard and the sound card. May 7 2019 12 24am for your typical headset or stereo output it makes little to no difference nowadays. Thank you for the input.

First prev 2 of 2 go to page. The sound was also fuller and sounded significantly more alive with the card than what the onboard audio provided.