asus p6t deluxe v2-onbound sound any good

romulan · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:54

im currently using an asus p6t deluxe v2 and wondered wether the onboard sound (ADI AD2000B) is any good?
would i notice an improvement if i bought an actual sound card?

thanks in advance

Ade

Uriel · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:57

A difference in what? Movies, games or music?

Are you using analogue connections or digital out?

Will you be using headphones?

gurusan · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:58

The ADI2000 are quite good, but still dreadful compared with a decent soundcard. Whether or not you would notice a difference depends on your speaker/headphone setup and how picky you are in regards to sound.

That said, you can find used X-FI Xtrememusic cards for 20ish.....probably best bang/buck card you can buy now.

romulan · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:01

games are my thing.
im connected via optical to a videologic 5.1 sound sytem ive had hanging around for a few years.
i will also be looking at buying a decent set of headphones for night time gaming.

gurusan · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:03

if it's connected via optical then the soundcard doesn't do much other than transfer the digital bitstream to your 5.1 system. So it's perfectly fine.