onboard sound or sound card

[dumbomustflyy]

hi guys, i just bought a chaintech vnf3-250 and it has onboard sound 5.1-Channel AC'97 Codec, but ive bought a aopen sound card 5.1 C-Media CMI8738-LX long ago, which of this should i use in my computer?

link to the aopen soundcard

thanks in advance

 

[BW86]

Why don't ya play some games and listen to some music without the soundcard. Then put the soundcard in and repeat. If you hear anything postive or nothing at all leave it in. If you hear anything negative take it out.

I mostly listen to music so I put in my old Santa Cruz SC and it sound much better. It really depends on your speakers.

 

[montag451]

the onboard sound will use cpu more than any pci card.

check the cpu usage of the onboard sound card - there was a small yoot to do this [cant remember off hand what it is called - lots of good to you that is!] , and if it is 'excessive' then get a pci card

 

[dumbomustflyy]

thx guys, i went the my aopen pci soundcard, sounded better