onboard sound

[jughead]

How good is the onboard sound found on the KT266a boards? Is it on par with SB Live? Is it worth just using that instead of installing a sound card?

 

[Eforster]

depends on the board
if it uses a cmi 6channel pci chip it is on the same level
but if it does use a '97 codec it isn't codex=software driven not hardware

 

[lane42]

jughead, Try the onboard sound before getting the sound card. Ia'm using the onboard sound on my 8KHA + w/ ALTEC LANSING Speakers and Subwoofer and it sounds pretty good.

 

[jughead]

thanks for the info. I'll give the onboard sound a shot.