Integrated sound card vs dedicated soundcard

[Greg55]

I have a http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4481#ov . Because the integrated sound card has issues i bought this http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_DGX/ Now for my question... Which has better sound quality? the one motherboard has or the dedicated i just bought? (my speakers are 2.1).

 

[i7Baby]

The Sound Card. Your mobo has ALC898. If it had the current high end ALC1150 then it'd be a different story.

 

[Greg55]

Something last. Should i be worried about my system because the integrated card is shorted? it is part of the motherboard after all...

 

[i7Baby]

They don't short. Check if its working in Control Panel, Device Manager.

 

[Greg55]

They don't short. Check if its working in Control Panel, Device Manager.

Not sure what's wrong with it but it doesn't work properly. When i plug speakers directly in the mobo there are temporary sound losses and random volume ups and downs. I reinstalled Realteck's drivers 10 times. I even reinstalled windows hoping to fix this if it was somehow software related but none of that worked.

 

[i7Baby]

Does Device Manager say its working properly?

Try different speakers. Try your speakers on another PC.