Santa Cruz vs Soundstorm

[burat]

So I just got the Asus A7n8x Deluxe with Soundstorm, and I also have a Santa Cruz sound card. What are the benefits of the latter over the former?

 

[Excelsior]

Soundstorm = Better FPS, sound quality may be a toss up.

 

[holdencommodore]

For quality, choose the Santa Cruz, especially with the new driver released.

Cheers

 

[burat]

I'm sorry, I don't understand: I thought that using the on-board sound degraded system performance slightly because of increased CPU utilization.

I guess what I'm asking is: is there a noticeable difference in FPS when playing 3d games, between using native vs add-on sound cards?

(FYI: my system is a Barton 2.5/1 Gb PC3200 Crucial/ ATI 9600 Pro, all at stock speeds.)

 

[microAmp]

I guess what I'm asking is: is there a noticeable difference in FPS when playing 3d games, between using native vs add-on sound cards?

Here is one benchmark using Soundstorm vs. Audigy vs. Fortissimo III

 

[Corporate Thug]

as you can see from the benchies, the sound card doesnt lower FPS too much, not even to the point where it is noticible. i would go with the TBSC for slightly better quality

 

[NEVERwinter]

yeah, for quality: Santa Cruz all the way.... the sound difference is pretty audible in my ears.

 

[BoomAM]

I`d pick the SoundStorm.
It just seems plain better than the Santa Cruz/Sonic Fury.