I have a Gigabyte P35-DS4 v2.0 for my motherboard. When I built the PC I ordered everything in one shot which also included a Creative Audigy SE 7.1. When browsing web pages (in particular scrolling pages) the sound would slow down to 1/2 speed, then go back to normal when I stopped. So I pulled the POS card and now that I'm using my onboard soundcard all is good...
but.. I'm a freak for performance. I don't want to take away from the power of my e8400 b/c I don't have a separate sound card..
I'm not a gamer. I do listen to quite a bit of music and do audio/video editing. Networking, extremely cpu/ram intensive work. Taking back the Audigy card will be a $35 credit.. do I buy a new sound card or just keep using onboard. How much of the CPU does it really utilize. And if I need a different sound card.. which one?
but.. I'm a freak for performance. I don't want to take away from the power of my e8400 b/c I don't have a separate sound card..
I'm not a gamer. I do listen to quite a bit of music and do audio/video editing. Networking, extremely cpu/ram intensive work. Taking back the Audigy card will be a $35 credit.. do I buy a new sound card or just keep using onboard. How much of the CPU does it really utilize. And if I need a different sound card.. which one?