Having a sound card imrproves CPU performance?

[ambam]

I read that having a dedicated sound card removes the audio processing load off the CPU and slightly improves performance in games and other applications, is this true?

Should I see perhaps a 3-5 fps increase in battlefield 4?

 

[huilun02]

Don't bother.

You're better off just overclocking the GPU.

 

[noise]

Would depend on whether your CPU is bottlenecking your system. It is more likely to be your GPU that is holding up your system ... unless your running a GTX 780 with an Athlon XP or something equally imbalanced. Typically discrete sound cards are bought for the sound they produce not performance benefits.