[plug] dual-boot "gamers" machine h/w suggestions please?

[Shannon Carver]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Tomasz Grzegurzko
> Sent: Thursday, 7 December 2006 11:05 AM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] dual-boot "gamers" machine h/w suggestions please?
> 
> > > The onboard sound should be fine for a while, but eventually you
> > > should concider getting a sound card with a processor on board. The
> > > reason for this is obvious...removing sound processing from the CPU
> > > leaves more processing power for the game itself.
> >
> 
> Honestly, after using Sound Blaster cards for years (originally in my
> 386), I can say anything onboard is pure crud. Get yourself an
> Audigy-series card and some nice speakers (Logitech spring to mind)
> and trust me there _IS_ a difference.
> 
> I've got an Audigy 2 ZS with Logitech z640 speakers and it is just
> divine ;) Even that is three years old now but still quite excellent..

I agree with Tomasz!

Granted they've probably improved a fair bit since I bought my last
motherboard, but my Soundblaster Audigy and even my Live 5.1 DE walks all
over the VIA AC97, VIA 6.1CH and Realtek surround onboard sound cards.


> 
> Tomasz
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