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Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - aristoteles - 07-09-2006
You may disable it from Windows XP, no need it to do it from the BIOS if you don´t feel confident about it. No driver uninstall is necessary either,
It´s as simple as selecting your onboard Card in the Hardware Management , rightClicking on it and then "Disable".
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - olseric - 08-09-2006
Ya know, you don't need to spend hundreds of dollars on a new one either...there are models for $7, yes $7, from TigerDirect that will do
the trick just fine.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - Airliner - 08-09-2006
I didn't think anyone actually used onboard sound!
Just like onboard video. 
I personally find it easiest to disable all non-essentials in the BIOS setup. On mine, it's as easy as changing "OnBoard Audio"
from "Enabled" to "Disabled." F10 and Y - Done.
Also, I've heard dropping sound quality in FS can improve frame rates.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - DBE - 08-09-2006
Quote:Airliner wrote:
I didn't think anyone actually used onboard sound!
Thing is: who would have thought that an onboard sound card had such an impact on FPS?
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - Airliner - 08-09-2006
I'm honestly green when it comes to sound stuff, so I don't really know why an onboard sound device or a cheap sound card would kill
frame rates. Maybe because it's trying to process more than it's designed to handle? As far as I knew, it would just sound like crap!
I would never even consider using onboard sound for the simple fact that you can get a decent sound card for low money. My Audigy cost
me next to nothing, considering my SB Live!24 trade up. Sound cards, as far as I know are the lowest priced addon you can get, in the
realm of things such as video cards, ram, etc.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - Dutch64 - 08-09-2006
The onboard sound cards use the main cpu for processing most of the sound, leaving less for resource hungry apps like fs9
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - eazy - 08-09-2006
Quote:Dutch64 wrote:
Did you plug the speakers into the right card?
Speakers!? You mean I need speakers????
Had the card tested at the store now, and it works fine. Just installed it to my office PC, with only disabling the onboard sound in the
device manager, and it works fine. Oh, and I plugged the speakers to the same plug as yesterday (actually I tried each and every plug
yesterday, even with headphones). Will give it another try this evening.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - Airliner - 08-09-2006
Quote:Dutch64 wrote:
The onboard sound cards use the main cpu for processing most of the sound, leaving less for resource hungry apps like fs9
Ah-HA! Makes sense. Thanks.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - ivo - 08-09-2006
I'm probably off to buy a sound card now...... you guys got me hooked on this "if you get a soundcard, you framerates go up" thing. Just need tofind someting within my budget.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - Joeflyer - 08-09-2006
What do you guys mean by "onboard sound "? Forgive me for being ignorant about this subject but I'm curious about it. My sound card is
Realtek. Would there be another source for sound located on my pc??
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - aristoteles - 08-09-2006
Realtek,
..ummm, onboard souncard I´d say.Post Edited ( 09-08-06 15:16 )
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - DBE - 08-09-2006
Quote:Joeflyer wrote:
What do you guys mean by "onboard sound "? Forgive me for being ignorant about this subject but I'm curious about it. My sound card is
Realtek. Would there be another source for sound located on my pc??
Simply look at the back of your PC. Check where your speakers are plugged in..
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - Joeflyer - 08-09-2006
Quote:DBE wrote:
Quote:Joeflyer wrote:
What do you guys mean by "onboard sound "? Forgive me for being ignorant about this subject but I'm curious
about it. My sound card is
Realtek. Would there be another source for sound located on my pc??
Simply look at the back of your PC. Check where your speakers are plugged in..
Ok, that's a no brainer
I actually use a headset instead of my external speaker system, but I'm wondering if Realtek uses alot of resources, and if so, what type of sound card should I use that wouldn't take up alot of CPU usage?
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - aristoteles - 08-09-2006
I don´t think an onboard sound card uses "a lot" of resources be it Realtek or any other. With a new card you will get beter audio and some 2-4 frames
more, but only if your your CPU is working at 100% of its capacity.
Re: Soundcard vs onboard / Framerates - eazy - 08-09-2006
I think I need a specialist here:
The good news: I found the "culprit" why there was no sound with the Audigy. I had disabled the onboard Firewire controller (IEEE 1394)
some time ago. When I reenabled it, suddenly there was my Audigy sound! I don't understand at all what Firewire has to do with it...
The bad news: now there's another problem. With the Audigy enabled there's a constant idle CPU usage of 60 to 80%. Once I disable the
sound card, CPU usage goes immediately down to 0%. In the process list there's nothing to see that causes the CPU load.
Sound card uses IRQ 19 as the only device, IEEE1394 and ATI X800 share IRQ 18 (that's why I had disabled Firewire).
I tried moving the sound card to the other PCI slot (I only have 2) where it was assigned IRQ 18 together with the other 2 devices, and
again no sound.
Anyone any ideas?
ps: Joeflyer, my onboard sound is Realtek (AIC 97 with NVidia chipset), so yours might be onboard too.
Post Edited ( 09-08-06 18:47 )