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onboard or xfi sound

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  • 14-08-2012 4:29pm
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    cuppa
    Registered Users Posts: 538 ✭✭✭


    Hi im upgrading my rig,

    Im wondering will i put my old creative xfi fatality(with front panel) back in or use the onboard sound (asrock z77 pro3).

    A friend was saying the onboard sound is so much better now than the xfi.

    rgds
    Cuppa


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    Serephucus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,180 ✭✭✭Serephucus


    I doubt it. The quality of onboard sound may have improved over the last couple of years - better SNR, etc. - but a dedicated card will still give you cleaner audio, not to mention a lot more configuration options. I used to own an X-Fi XtremeGamer (similar to yours) and it still beat the pants off the onboard audio of my motherboard.


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    sink
    Registered Users Posts: 4,314 ✭✭✭sink


    An old X-Fi still beats the pants off any on board sound I've ever heard.

    (one exception being the X-Fi Xtreme-Audio which is basically just an Audigy 2)


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