Hows the onboard sound on the IWill KK266?

soulm4tter

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C-Media® CMI-87383D Sound Chip
4.1 Channel Hardware Sound
32-voice HRTF-base 3D Positional Audio
Supports Microsoft® DirectSoundTM and Aureal® A3D
Supports EAX (Environmental Audio eXtension) Sound Effects

Any body use the onboard sound? Or any benchmarks/reviews on how it performs?
 

LoSKhan

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I used it for a while. Easily the best onboard sound I have heard... The only reason I got a GTXP was because I liked the external box and wanted 5.1 Dolby for DVD playback.
 

Bojax

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Yeah i used it for awhile also.I liked it at first but the sound seemed a little artificial.I went back to my vortexII because it gave a fuller sound and better base.It also seemed to use more of the cpu.when running other operation's while playing sound's i would hear stuttering.
 

duragezic

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I think it's fine for gaming and listening to music. If you are into audio a lot then you would want a different one but I think it is great otherwise. I don't know about the cpu usage. Sounds just as good as my sb live! and less static too.
 

Renob

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It seemed to be ok until I put in my Acoustic Edge then I found out it was not very good