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Abit NF7 On-Board sound

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SpeedFreak03

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I am gonna buy the Abit NF7 (as shown here: NewEgg). I see it has the AC97 6-channel onboard sound. How does this compare with the Sound Blaster Live! 5.1? That is my current card. I have a 2year old pair of Creative Inspire! 2.1 slim 2600 speakers. I will either run Win2K or XP (can't decide yet lol), so I'm not using 5.1 or 6-channel sound anyway. So thanks for any opinions! BTW, I listen to a lot of music, watch DVDs, watch TV (w/ my pinnacle pctv), and play games occasionally.
 
not too hot on the various nforce2 sound chips, but while u wait for a more knowledgeable person to reply...

the NF7-S has the Soundstorm chip which is pretty highly regarded and I'd assume more comparable with an Audigy, never mind a Live! 5.1. The NF7 appears to only be AC-97 which isnt as good, maybe roughly on a par with a SB Live! 5.1 ?

If youre looking for good sound I'd think about the NF7-S, but for the speakers you list I dont think there would be too much difference between the NF7 onboard and the Live 5.1 - maybe the live be a bit better?


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The NF7-S it is!! I looked at that board, and for $20 more, the features are amazing! Much better sound, IEEE1394 ports, and SATA built-in! A 3port IEEE1394 card costs $17 alone! I was able to find a few Audigy/Audigy2 vs SoundStorm comparisons, and they mostly say that the Soundstorm is better than Audigy, but the Soundstorm is only a little worse than a Audigy2. So for $20 its almost like getting an Audigy lol!
 
Originally posted by: SpeedFreak03
The NF7-S it is!! I looked at that board, and for $20 more, the features are amazing! Much better sound, IEEE1394 ports, and SATA built-in! A 3port IEEE1394 card costs $17 alone! I was able to find a few Audigy/Audigy2 vs SoundStorm comparisons, and they mostly say that the Soundstorm is better than Audigy, but the Soundstorm is only a little worse than a Audigy2. So for $20 its almost like getting an Audigy lol!
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It's also nice being able to run a single cable to your speakers to get 5.1 AND EAX multi-channel audio. I :heart: my NF7-S. 😀
 
Most if not all soundstorm enabled boards are still limited to their sub-par AC97 CODECs, so their analog out quality should be quite a bit worse than the Audigy. Their digital out should be great though.
 
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