What sound card to get?

[Oldschool61]

Been looking this up on net and most info says with multicore cpu's and fast processors of today any drop from onboard sound is irrelevant.

[Katana1000S]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Been looking this up on net and most info says with multicore cpu's and fast processors of today any drop from onboard sound is irrelevant.

Sources?

These kind of arguments are futile though, for every link you find to support what you say a contrary link can be found.

At the end of the day the proof is in the listening and unless one is tone deaf the difference are there.

But no offence, folk will do what they do and want to justify what they do, so long as we are each happy with our route that's all that matters.

IMHO of course

[kimosabi]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

People still buy sound cards??? Most on board should be fine.

Save your money and put it towards something else like ram or videocard

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Been looking this up on net and most info says with multicore cpu's and fast processors of today any drop from onboard sound is irrelevant.

Ok, we get it. You don't see the need for having a soundcard because a possible loss in FPS would be minimal.... You are missing the main point of using one though.

[ICDP]

Originally Posted by Oldschool61

Been looking this up on net and most info says with multicore cpu's and fast processors of today any drop from onboard sound is irrelevant.

Very true, but it isn't FPS you buy a £50 soundcard for is it?

Unless an individual (not necessarily you) has a decent soundcard to hear the difference their opinion on this matter is worthless. I knew a few people who said their onboard sound was good enough for games and they are perfectly correct, it is good enough in that it does make sounds. The thing is that with a dedicated soundcard it makes much better, richer and clearer sounds with much better quality. I have tried my onboard sound on my ASUS P6X58D-E motherboard, it does not compare to the Xonar DX in either quality or range of sounds, and that is using the same speakers for both tests.