On-board sound or SB Live!?

Well, its been pretty much ascertained that AC97 is outdated.

 

Outdated, yes. Useless, no. It depends on what the person wants their sound to do. A lot of people only want stereo sound with a clean signal and then get a mid-level 2.1 or 2.0 speaker system. If it's going to be used, why eliminate it?

 

I never said its useless. If people want better sound, they should go for SB Live. The difference is definitely there.

 

What about the SB 512?

 

i dont think they are using the sb live emu chip on it
i think is more like a creative 128 chip inside that sb 512

 

Oh. Well, I hear that with the exception of 5.1 sound, they have the same quality. But if not, I will call back my statement.

 

So, same quality, less features. Cool!

 

if me... thoug i have AI7 mobo with optical soundcard...i still use my SB live! SE soundcard... i can diffrenciate that is sound more crips.. n donno how to say..its diffrent n yet.. nice... can use both card at same time also..but better use SB.

 

SB live give some advantage to Game but bugged driver. onboards now are good but not for gaming. it's slow down FPS.