$50 Sound Cards Impress Versus Integrated Audio 245
crookedvulture writes "Most PCs have audio integrated right on the motherboard. There's much to be gained from upgrading to a discrete sound card, though. This look at a couple of sub-$50 sound cards from Asus explores what can be found at the budget end of the spectrum. In blind listening tests, both cards produced better sound than an integrated solution. They also offered superior signal quality, but neither had an impact on gaming performance. The days of hardware-accelerated game audio seem to be behind us, with developers handling positional audio processing in software."
You don't say... (Score:3, Funny)
$50 sound card produces better audio than a 50 cent onboard chip.... You don't say.
Re:usb to spdif, then to your home stereo (Score:5, Funny)
I remember when I obsessed over such things. These days I mostly don't worry about it and spin vinyl. Sounds better anyway.
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Re:Discrete sound (Score:5, Funny)
Discrete sound...Is farting silently
No, that is a soundless indiscretion.