Yes it does. Use a seperate sound card


"Synapse Syndrome" <synapse@NOSPAMgomez404.elitemail.org> wrote in message
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> "puck" <puck@DO-NOT-REPLY-SEE-SIGNATURE-FOR-REPLY-ADDRESS.COM> wrote in
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>>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.
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>> 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
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>> 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/
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> What I want to know is whether on-board sound uses any more processor time
> than a dedicated soundcard using the same sound chip.
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> ss.
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