onboard AC97 sound

[sentme_mail]

hi,
may i know is Creative Sound Blaster AWE32 better or onboard AC97 sound better?
thanks

[JazztrumpetJND]

all i kno is that onboard sound is usually not very good. so i would have to say the sound blaster.

[sentme_mail]

is there a way to compare it?

[JazztrumpetJND]

if u have the onboard sound enable that. listen for a while. then install teh sb card. and listen to that which ever u hear as being better is the one u should use. i dont kno of something that would compare sound devices.

--jason

[specific]

you would definitely hear the difference with an Audigy card.

[sentme_mail]

i don't mind if the sound quality is a bit bad.. but the strange thing is that the sound from onboard is so soft that i can hardly heard it ???

[WhiteHawk]

turn up your speakers?

[JazztrumpetJND]

lol genius fix right there. :D

--jason

[sentme_mail]

my speaker is a normal speaker, not powered by external source

Originally posted by WhiteHawk
turn up your speakers?

[mordy]

If the sound blaster has creative chipset - AC97 better, if it vibra - i dont' know.

[sentme_mail]

go to this url :
http://tw.giga-byte.com/home/6_channel_audio.htm

i connected my 2 pair of creative SBS-30 speakers to the green and blue slots as stated in the diagram.
the audio is only heard from the green channel.

any help?

[AaronP]

I have the same onboard sound you do, once you install the drivers for them you'll have a lot more features to them, but uh... I'd still say that paying the extra for a soundblaster card is better seeing as you're paying more for better quality, but I'm using the onboard sound because I use a headset and frankly I wouldn't be able to tell he difference.

[sentme_mail]

i guess i have to buy a powered speaker...
can recommend me a cheap and good speaker?

[cozmo_d]

Originally posted by sentme_mail
my speaker is a normal speaker, not powered by external source



Check in the controll panell under multimedia

Start/settings/Controll panel/Multimedia

in there is the volume controll & recording controll

[cozmo_d]

from what ive read AC97 Codec is suposed to blow away emu10k

the only real reason that a sound blaster would be better is if you get the SB Platnum with the front face plate it has a nice headphone jack,spdif in/out, Midi in/out & Mic2 the headphone jack is very handy indead Cuz I can unplug it easily so that I can use my 5.1 speakers then when the ladys home I can Plug in my headphones & not listen to her nag about the loudness of the speakers :cool: :rolleyes:

[WA2]

Same

[x1xBugsBunnyx1x]

i have a gigabyte board as well IHXP, i think you need to go to control panel or device manager go into properties & set the adio devive to quad speaker/sorround sound to enable that second output jack, also set the port to autosense if my memory isnt failing..then reboot..MB book has some literature on it, but vague for win2k

[kevinN]

between Blaster AWE32 and AC97 ?
I would choose awe32 if you want to use the mic :)
I have ac97 GA board and it sux when using the Mic else it's decent. ( if you only want to playback)

[Kopfab]

You guys are really talking about the AWE32, not just pretending to be ? That things gotta be 10 years old now..