IL2 1946 & SoW Sound Cards v Onboard Chipsets

[Igo kyu]

I used to use soundcards, back in the day, but I don't any more because onboard sounds are so much better than those old cards.

I have 5.1 speakers running on the onboard sound in my motherboard, which is apparently Soundmax Blackhawk, whatever that may be. I don't have a problem with sound in Il*2 (Stalker SOC, yes, but doesn't everybody?).

Are you really saying that a £15 soundcard will be better than the soundsetup that comes on a £100 motherboard? Worse, are you saying that an old 32 bit soundcard will be better than a motherboard sound system that replaced a motherboard soundsystem that replaced a 512 bit motherboard sound system?

[Maxtor]

I have onboard sound that supports 5.1 & 7.1, I'm perfectly happy with it and have no qualms about IL2's sound.
(Realtek HD audio on an Asus board, the driver has lots of tweakability & compensation for speaker positions etc), I always build my computers to quite a high spec, but never bother with audio cards.
That said, I'm definitely no audiophile or sound aficionado

[KG26_Alpha]

Originally Posted by Igo kyu

I used to use soundcards, back in the day, but I don't any more because onboard sounds are so much better than those old cards.

I have 5.1 speakers running on the onboard sound in my motherboard, which is apparently Soundmax Blackhawk, whatever that may be. I don't have a problem with sound in Il*2 (Stalker SOC, yes, but doesn't everybody?).

Are you really saying that a £15 soundcard will be better than the soundsetup that comes on a £100 motherboard? Worse, are you saying that an old 32 bit soundcard will be better than a motherboard sound system that replaced a motherboard soundsystem that replaced a 512 bit motherboard sound system?

No

But I build and repair PC's, I have loads of old Creative sound cards that I throw away due to the simple fact they no longer work correctly under Vista & Win 7, I can get them to work but the hassle and cost involved in time isn't worth it especially if its shipped out and the customer does a re installation and is left high and dry finding out how to get their sound to work.

As a minimum spec sound card the one I mentioned in my OP is more than adequate.



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