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John - 27 Feb 2004 10:10 GMT

I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live card with
the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be better coming from
my sb live or the onboard? thanks... John

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CWatters - 27 Feb 2004 12:57 GMT

Usually the SB Live card.

> I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live card with
> the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be better coming from
> my sb live or the onboard? thanks... John

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AlanS - 27 Feb 2004 16:29 GMT

What do your ears tell you?

> I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live card with
> the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be better coming from
> my sb live or the onboard? thanks... John

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John - 27 Feb 2004 23:09 GMT

Unfortunately, my ears do my no good as I have not shut off my onboard sound
and installed the sb live card yet. I was looking for opinions from anyone
who might have already done so. John

> What do your ears tell you?
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AlanS - 28 Feb 2004 01:14 GMT

There's every chance it will be the SoundBlaster, but an idea of what the
on-board sound chip is, and which SoundBlaster it is would help. Remember
most standard computer speakers are cheap and crap- you may need decent
speakers to notice any difference.

> Unfortunately, my ears do my no good as I have not shut off my onboard sound
> and installed the sb live card yet. I was looking for opinions from anyone
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> > Version: 6.0.596 / Virus Database: 379 - Release Date: 26/02/04

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Dutch - 28 Feb 2004 20:49 GMT

> I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live card with
> the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be better coming from
> my sb live or the onboard? thanks... John

The advantage of a separate sound card is that the cpu has less to do
comparing the onboard sound. I decided to use a SoundBlaster live 5.1
although my MSI 865 has 5.1 on board.

Dutch

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Brett... - 29 Feb 2004 17:24 GMT

>> I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live card
>> with the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be better
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>
> Dutch

I don't think this is right. As I undersyand it, the onboard sound is the
equivalent of adding the components from a separate card and placing them in
the motherboard.

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Dutch - 29 Feb 2004 18:40 GMT

> >> I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live card
> >> with the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be better
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> equivalent of adding the components from a separate card and placing them in
> the motherboard.

See http://www6.tomshardware.com/game/20030405/index.html

Dutch

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Brett... - 29 Feb 2004 19:35 GMT

>>>> I have an Asus pnp800 with onboard sound....also have a sb live
>>>> card with the front piece (midi in, out etc). Would the sound be
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>
> Dutch

And from that site "Some of them handle sound via the CPU"
So how many? Which? This could be a very small proportion.

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