Sound Blaster LIVE vs Onboard

[sinkoman]

Ok, I have an SBL sitting next to me, and I need to know if installing it would show any performance and/or sound quality increase over my onboard sound (mobo in sig).

 

[WhiteZero]

Use it.
OnBoard is usualy never worth it.

 

[duffers20]

Dont think that you will see a performance boost but it should better than the onboard sound you are using just now. I found that I got alot of interference from onboard sound and when I switched to my audigy2 zs, it got rid of the problem.

 

[giant384]

accutlly not using onboard can add a performance boost since onboard uses partial cpu

 

[duffers20]

accutlly not using onboard can add a performance boost since onboard uses partial cpu

I was thinking more about hardware sound in games etc like eax, but you are right, it does free up the cpu.

 

[sinkoman]

I should note that i'm talking about one of the OLD SBLs, like from 2001.

Still any better?

 

[Qonfused]

I have an old SB Live 24bit. You can tell between the two, especially in games (you'll be surprised how much more you hear).

 

[Asus]

I should note that i'm talking about one of the OLD SBLs, like from 2001.

Still any better?

Don't think there is a difference in how old it is. Still it would do more of the sound processing than the onboard chip would.

 

[Ikerous]

Everytime I'm listening to music and I load a page in FF, the song skips. Is this being caused by my onboard chip? Would a sound card fix that?

 

[bryanf445]

Everytime I'm listening to music and I load a page in FF, the song skips. Is this being caused by my onboard chip? Would a sound card fix that?

put it in, youll end up noticing a difference. You could always go back to onboard if you must.

 

[giant384]

Everytime I'm listening to music and I load a page in FF, the song skips. Is this being caused by my onboard chip? Would a sound card fix that?

i would think its the cpu load that causes that

 

[Hazar]

audigy 2 zs is a great card, especially for the money