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Quick Question - Onboard 6-channel digital audio or Turtle Beach Santa Cruz?

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Shagga

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I have purchased a new P4C800-E Deluxe motherboard which has onboard 6-channel digital audio.

I just wondered if it is worth installing the TBSC once it arrives or will I get acceptable sound for both gaming and playing Mp's?

Thanks all. 😉
 
I would use the Santa Cruz, it's probably better quality and it has an onboard processor so it uses up less of your CPU. Less CPU usage = faster games and such. 😀

-Por
 
Originally posted by: PorBleemo
I would use the Santa Cruz, it's probably better quality and it has an onboard processor so it uses up less of your CPU. Less CPU usage = faster games and such. 😀

-Por
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Of course yeah. I wonder why manufacturers put onboard sound on a motherboard that is generally seen as a top performance board which would possibly indicate that the buyer of such a motherboard will be performance orientated and go for a secondary device which provides this performance such as the TBSC? 🙂
 
I think it depends what speakers you are using, and what CPU you are using. If you don't have the best speakers in the world, you might not notice any difference, and if you have a fast CPU, using onboard won't slow you down at all.

Brad
 
ADI 1985 sound...interesting. Boards usually use a C-Media 8738 variant (the chip found on $10 and $20 sound cards). In any case, the Santa Cruz should be better; it's a $80 card usually, it has a sound processing chip, etc etc 🙂 Even if you can't really tell the sound difference, the Santa Cruz should use less CPU cycles in games.
 
I'd definitely go with something that is not onboard, like the Santa Cruz or an Audigy. You will notice a much clearer signal, especially at higher volumes. Onboard sound typically has a rather low snr.
 
Originally posted by: sandness
I'd definitely go with something that is not onboard, like the Santa Cruz or an Audigy. You will notice a much clearer signal, especially at higher volumes. Onboard sound typically has a rather low snr.
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I agree, as I have a p4p800 with the same onboard sound solution and when I went to the audigy 2, the improvement in quality was very noticable.
 
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