onboard or pci sound

[The Big Firefly]

if got a gigabyte nforce 4 moterboard with 7.1 surround sound onboard.

i have a creative soundblaster live 4 channel card with EAX ability. my speaker system is 4 channel greative speakers. so the 7.1 im not using fully. now is this creative a better option when playing game then the realtek onbound.

thanks

 

[useless]

i would suggest use the LIVE card coz i have read about people having issues in games withthe onboard card/nforce 4/PCI-E card combo.

besides, with the SB LIVE you get real EAX and not an emulation from the onboard sound card.

 

[The Big Firefly]

and again USEFULL comes to the rescue....

thanks

 

[killadoob]

dont use onboard for gaming

simple

ac 97 chomps some of your cpu