Advantages for a sound card over integrated

monkeysmith · 10 Apr 2007 at 23:29

Are there any great advantages over having a dedicated sound card over the integrated motherboard sounds?

Reason I say this, I have a ECS EV2 Lite motherboard with standard built in sound, I also have a creative 24bit live card, but havent bothered to install it, should i?

If i went for one of overclockers xfi cards, would it improve my system much?

I mainly use sound for games, but listen to sound most of the time through a headset.

System: A64 4000+, 2gb ram, x800 Pro

Thanks

monkeysmith · 10 Apr 2007 at 23:36

Very true, just the hassle of sorting the drivers out, maybe its just me but never seems straight forward with a cheap sound card drivers.

monkeysmith · 12 Apr 2007 at 09:27

Thanks for the replies. The majority of my gaming is done with a headset on, not a 7.1 sound system, is it still worth the x-fi leap?

Thanks

monkeysmith · 13 Apr 2007 at 09:38

Excellent, thank you all, will be aiming for a x-fi card and new headset.