Hows the onboard sound on the IWill KK266?

[soulm4tter]

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]

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.

 

[soulm4tter]

bump, any more responses?

 

[Bojax]

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]

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]

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