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[MDE]

The question wasnt Audigy vs Live, it was onboard soundstorm vs nforce 2 sounds

WTF are you smoking? Onboard SoundStorm only comes on nForce2 boards.

EDIT: Let's quit the threadjacking. IMO, the Audigy2 wouldn't give enough of a difference to merit the price of the card. I'd say go for the nForce2 board with SoundStorm.

 

[josedawg]

Originally posted by: MonkeyDriveExpress

A codec interface is SOFTWARE. SoundStorm does all processing in HARDWARE. Sorry to yell, but get it through your skull. SoundStorm is an Nvidia MCP-T ONLY feature that is not in any Intel motherboard.

Asus P4P800

Audio: ADI AD1985 SoundMAX 6-channel CODEC

sorry to burst you bubble Budman, but MonkeyDriveExpress is correct. Soundstorm is ONLY available on MCP-T which is for AMD, not Intel.
Soundstorm != SoundMAX

 

[Nebor]

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: Nebor

Originally posted by: Budman

Originally posted by: Nebor
http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/audigy2_versus_nforce2/default.asp

I dont see any SBlive comparicons there.

How does the SBlive card compare ?

remember the LIVE card is HARDWARE based , not software based.

SbLive < Audigy 2, by far, in every respect. What don't you understand?

The question wasnt Audigy vs Live, it was onboard soundstorm vs nforce 2 sounds

It's Audigy 2 vs. Soundstorm. Are you drunk?

 

[Sniper82]

Really its Audigy 2 vs. extra performance and soundstorm. Like I said in my post I think I can hit another 200-250mhz without a problem since Nforce 2 has PCI/AGP lock. So I would be getting a little more performance. I was just thinking if Audigy 2 is alot more better than onboard soundstorm I would pass on the new mobo and get a new sound card as thats mainly what I am shooting for here. I think I may hunt down a Epox since I can get one for about the same price as a Audigy 2. Thanks all.

 

[josedawg]

Originally posted by: Nebor

It's Audigy 2 vs. Soundstorm. Are you drunk?

i dont think he's drunk, just very very confused.