[SOLVED] Dedicated or onboard sound card?

[dimitris_37]

Hello everyone,i want to ask something i have a spare soundcard https://en.creative.com/p/sound-blaster/sound-blaster-audigy-fx
put that or use onboard?
My specs are:
Mobo: Gigabyte b660m gaming x
Cpu: Intel 12400f
Os:Windows 10 64
Memory:Kingston Fury 2x8 3600mhz

Any help will be appreciated...

 

[NerdyVixen]

Unless you do professional sound editing work, the on-board sound card is more than enough for your daily needs. Enjoy.

 

[dimitris_37]

Thanks for reply but i think sound is better with soundblaster that with onboard more powerful,more crispy

 

[Theresa N]

These days a USB DAC is a better solution. I've never found an onboard solution that wasn't inferior.

 

[Eximo]

I'm not a huge audiophile, but since the early 2010s or so, they've been pretty good about isolating the chipset audio from the rest of the electronics. Usually just make sure the chipset isn't the cheapest and go from there.

Gigabyte seems very reluctant to put the chipset in the specifications or in the manual, so I can't actually say if it is a decent one or not. Which is odd, since my last three motherboards have been Gigabyte, and they always listed the chipset model.

 

[dimitris_37]

I'm not a huge audiophile, but since the early 2010s or so, they've been pretty good about isolating the chipset audio from the rest of the electronics. Usually just make sure the chipset isn't the cheapest and go from there.

Gigabyte seems very reluctant to put the chipset in the specifications or in the manual, so I can't actually say if it is a decent one or not. Which is odd, since my last three motherboards have been Gigabyte, and they always listed the chipset model.

Thanks for reply i think the chipset is realtek Dch dunno if is good?

 

[Eximo]

That is just the term for the driver package type. They don't list the chipset model in any of the documentation as far as I can tell.

You will need to look up the PCIe device id and then compare against what is out there.

 

[dimitris_37]

Thanks man is not better soundblaster audigy fx from onboard?

 

[sizzling]

I have used all 3 of these with my AGK 712 Pro’s

MSI B450 Tomahawk Max
ASUS Phoebus
Sound Blaster X7

None comes anywhere close the Schiit Asgard 3 with multibit DAC that I bought secondhand. Really was impressed how much better it was over the ASUS Phoebus and Sound Blaster X7.

From what I have read Sound Blaster don’t do anything that comes close to entry level audiophile equipment and given my experience of their high end X7 I would agree but I’m no audiophile.

 

[Lafong]

Thanks for reply but i think sound is better with soundblaster that with onboard more powerful,more crispy

I have not used a sound card in 15 years, but why would you NOT use the Soundblaster?

It's your ears. Your ears say it's better. Who else's ears would be a better judge?

Placebo effect or not.