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The State of PC Audio

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the do-you-hear-what-i-hear dept.

jonesy writes "The Tech Report has put together a pretty decent six-card sound round-up that covers the most popular audio controller chips around. DACs, ADCs, DSPs, and the other important acroymns are explained. One interesting revelation: Creative's Audigy card doesn't do 24-bit/96KHz sound, despite Creative's claims. Gaming benchmarks are provided, and the authors even take a crack at the subjective side of audio, although they seem aware of the difficulties in doing so."

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  1. Ahhhh. by peterdaly · · Score: 0, Troll

    And to think I am satisfied with my $12 computer show OPL3 special...

    -Pete

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  2. Sound Cards? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Troll

    I buy the Mac, I plug it in, it works, it makes beautiful music. What is this sound card of which you speak?