On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 01:14, Michal <mic...@sharescope.co.uk> wrote: > >> USB is for flash drives, printers, etc. >> Nothing good ever comes of using USB for sound or LAN >> >> OP, M-Audio makes good cards as does Asus (Xonar series). Just don't >> get anything from Creative. You would have more choice if you went PCI >> instead of PCIe, and PCIe doesn't really have any particular benefits for >> sound cards (unless you are building a small form-factor computer that >> only has PCIe slots or something). >> >> Actually, unless you are doing something special with audio (producing >> music or DJing or something), it really makes sense to go with the >> onboard sound chip. Via Envy24 chips are good, as are most that >> conform to the Intel HDA spec (including the very common Realtek >> chips that implement that spec (ALC88x and ALC1200)) . >> >> >> Cheers, >> Kelly Clowers >> >> > > Have external sound card moves the processing off the CPU, good if you have > a low powered computer or are trying to get the maximum out of it, gaming > for example (Though admittedly most hardcore gaming is done on Windows). You > do also get better quality from an external card, but whether you would > notice that is down to the person, and debatable
An onboard sound chip does the same processing as a PCI sound card - they are not like winmodems. True, a card can get you better sound, but the modern onboard chips are darn good, unlike the ones from say, 6+ years ago which where pretty sad. Cheers, Kelly Clowers -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktim1mq7oa1a3gszrb9bnmilztswfpy3bo3qdn...@mail.gmail.com
