audio spdif question
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WC Annihilus
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Technically, no. Digital out is simply outputting the untouched digital signal, ie 0's and 1's. Theoretically it should be the same either way. With onboard, main issue you can run into is electrical interference.
Or something like that >.>
Or something like that >.>
With modern MB's i dont think many of us could tel the difference between onboard audio or a dedicated cards though that could depend on the outout device, £10 headset or £100 speaker sys .
Would a dedicated card card release the cpu from doing some work too, not 100% on that one though
ED
Would a dedicated card card release the cpu from doing some work too, not 100% on that one though
ED
Rastalovich
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Really depends on what dedicated cards, and whether ur interested in high sampling, encoding/decoding.
In the main tho, without any specialist use, an onboard spdif, with a set of drivers that happen to work, is/are just as good.
Don`t know if onboard does dts or anything.
In the main tho, without any specialist use, an onboard spdif, with a set of drivers that happen to work, is/are just as good.
Don`t know if onboard does dts or anything.
name='k4p84' said:With modern MB's i dont think many of us could tel the difference between onboard audio or a dedicated cards though that could depend on the outout device, £10 headset or £100 speaker sys .
Would a dedicated card card release the cpu from doing some work too, not 100% on that one though
ED
You would have to be some sort of sound expert/musician to notice a difference in sound quality between "decent" onboard sound and dedicated card. Where you really notice the difference is with the surround sound, on a dedicated card it works correctly, onboard systems say 7.1 surround but its still seems like plain stereo
there should be no difference between a sound card and onboard if you are useing spdif/toslink passthough or whatever, that is, unless one does extra post processing and the other doesn't.
the only thing that changes is what encodes the sound, if you ahve a dedicated card, then the card does it, but if it is onboard, it is generally offloaded onto the cpu.
note briefly, this doesn't apply to analogue audio output which can vary drastically from onboard to dedicated.
the only thing that changes is what encodes the sound, if you ahve a dedicated card, then the card does it, but if it is onboard, it is generally offloaded onto the cpu.
note briefly, this doesn't apply to analogue audio output which can vary drastically from onboard to dedicated.
i asked because, i run the sound on spdif cable to an onkyo system and i have noticed that after a while of listening music the sound is begining to lose quality, but if i use the optical output it doesn't.(now i'm building a new rig, so i don't now if to invest in a asus d2x
is a good think or just stay with the on board one,considering that i will use only the spdif).
is a good think or just stay with the on board one,considering that i will use only the spdif).
name='tufish' said:
You cannot really rely on a sound card when it comes of hearing a good quality audio. You need to have a good speaker as well and also you don't need to be a musician to know if you have a quality sound.... Just turn up the volume up to 70-80% if you didn't hear any distortion is consider really good
what i really noticed is that when i use winamp or other players after a while the sound of the movie or mp3 becomes distors, i'm not wooring about the speakers because they are hifi conected to an onkyo amplifier, and i think something hapened with the onboard sound because i use just the same drivers since 2005 and it worked till now
