"puck" <puck@DO-NOT-REPLY-SEE-SIGNATURE-FOR-REPLY-ADDRESS.COM> wrote in
message news:flkef1164ldu70jmf5mj8qc6rn34prvro6@4ax.com...
>i have used a turtle beach santa cruz sound card for the last four
> years. although it has 5.1 but i use it as a 4.1 setup.
>
> i am in the process of putting together a new system with the
> following asus motherboard -
> http://uk.asus.com/products4.aspx?l1...75&modelmenu=1
>
> not that i need a free pci slot or anything like that, but was
> wondering if the onbaord sound on this board is equal or better than
> my turtle beach card. in the bad old days onboard sound used to be
> rubbish but a review of the motherboard i read stated that the sound
> quality is better than $50 sound cards. a link to the review is also
> provided below -
> http://www.sysopt.com/reviews/asus-P4C800-E_Deluxe/
>


What I want to know is whether on-board sound uses any more processor time
than a dedicated soundcard using the same sound chip.

ss.