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Motherboard Audio Comes Of Age

Posted by michael on from the master-blaster dept.

darth_silliarse writes "ExtremeTech have thankfully confirmed that I am not completely deaf - onboard m/b sound is not as bad as it sounds. Is onboard sound for the poor, needy or completely bone idle? What are other peoples opinions of m/b sound? If nothing else, it frees up a PCI or ISA slot... ;o)"

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  1. The surprise of audio by freeio · · Score: 5, Funny

    I spent so many years with no audio on any system, that the first hardware that had it was a shock: KDE starts with a bongo riff?!

    All those years I thought those gears made a different sound.

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  2. Contradiction or tongue in cheek? by Munelight · · Score: 5, Funny

    "onboard m/b sound is not as bad as it sounds"

    Oh, and buy this monitor too... I know it's scratched and can't seem to show the colour blue... But trust me, the picture's not as bad as it looks.

  3. Sound cards by nother_nix_hacker · · Score: 5, Funny
    If nothing else, it frees up a PCI or ISA slot... ;o)"
    If you push hard enough an SB live will fit into the AGP slot and still work on Linux! :)
  4. The bigger surprise by Compact+Dick · · Score: 5, Funny

    is that you got audio working on Linux.

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  5. MB audio can definitely be a great thing. by LeoDV · · Score: 5, Funny

    My home-built system is running an Asus A7N8X Deluxe, which handles 5.1 on hardware. If I wanted to turn my computer into a home cinema or have surround sound for my games, I wouldn't even *need* one of them there fancy sound cards.

    MB audio really depends on what mb you have, but these days they manage to cram so much on motherboards it's insane... Back in my days you didn't have motherboards! You just had boards of woods and you madez furniture out of them!