Haven't seen much discussion on this part of the nForce4

[Concillian]

Quote from the nForce4 review at pcper:
http://www.pcper.com/article.php?aid=81&type=expert

There has been a lot of rumors on the popular sites recently about SoundStorm and the future of NVIDIA's sound technologies. I can tell you for sure, coming from the head of the nForce marketing team, that SoundStorm team has been killed at NVIDIA -- no more development is going to happen in the near future. NVIDIA said that simply not enough motherboard manufacturers were putting it on their boards and utilizing the technology that was so expensive to continue to develop.

I know this was pretty much expected, but it is still disappointing, and I was surprised to see no comments on it.

Is everyone bummed, or do people generally not care about killer integrated sound?

 

[SinfulWeeper]

Might have been worth it if it can work past the lame 33MHz PCI clock. I have not found a integrated sound/raid/firewire etc etc that can work past 33MHz. So basically they all suck for enthusiasts.

If they put a little more care into the stuff built on and get them to work at least... 40MHz. Or 44MHz, onboard stuff might actually be worth it. At least IMHO... others will dissagree though.

 

[cheesehead]

I would like to ask what the point of 7.1 is anyway. A good 5.1 setup can blow the pants off of even the Kilpsch computer speakers. S/PDIF makes a connection easy, and the quality is hard to beat. So what's to complain about?
Besides, 2 channels of surround is all anyone truly needs for LANparties anyways-you only have two ears, after all, and headphones tend not to use 5.1 anyway. (Omitting Zalman's, but the Bose Triports beat the pants off of them).