I've always kinda assumed whatever gets packaged with the mainboard is the cheapest, nastiest stuff the manufacturer could find. Not sure if this has change in recent years but I can see sound cards for 100 quid and wondering why anyone would need one?
I have an Asus P5B-Deluxe. It, allegedly, comes equipped with the following:
I play games with my relatively cheap Technics RP-F400 headphones and my mp3s sound pretty good too. I'm sure there must be a valid reason for splashing out on a fancy sound card but in my limited experience, it largely boils down to the speakers/headphones in use. I've listened to a few other setups (including this mainboard with different Sony headphones) and they were not as good. Is it a case of if I want 34343.1 sound with mega uber bass and volume level 300 then I would need such a card?
I have an Asus P5B-Deluxe. It, allegedly, comes equipped with the following:
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ADI AD1988B 8-channel High Definition Audio CODEC
- Support Jack-Sensing, Enumeration, Multi-streaming and Jack-Retasking
- Coaxial / Optical S/PDIF out ports at back I/O
- ASUS Noise Filter
- ASUS Array MicI play games with my relatively cheap Technics RP-F400 headphones and my mp3s sound pretty good too. I'm sure there must be a valid reason for splashing out on a fancy sound card but in my limited experience, it largely boils down to the speakers/headphones in use. I've listened to a few other setups (including this mainboard with different Sony headphones) and they were not as good. Is it a case of if I want 34343.1 sound with mega uber bass and volume level 300 then I would need such a card?