$50 Sound Cards Impress Versus Integrated Audio

Posted by timothy on Friday August 10, 2012 @03:30PM from the sounds-like dept.

crookedvulture writes "Most PCs have audio integrated right on the motherboard. There's much to be gained from upgrading to a discrete sound card, though. This look at a couple of sub-$50 sound cards from Asus explores what can be found at the budget end of the spectrum. In blind listening tests, both cards produced better sound than an integrated solution. They also offered superior signal quality, but neither had an impact on gaming performance. The days of hardware-accelerated game audio seem to be behind us, with developers handling positional audio processing in software."

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Arsehole!!! by Sleen · 2012-08-10 16:05 · Score: -1, Troll

Stop reposting Ars articles. It is not funny and only arseholes submit content from Ars. The article concerns a few loser soundcards, not worth reading to begin with. Seriously? Is this actually possible? Or is Asus stuffing bills into panties around here too? Native drivers in Linux?