Onboard HD Audio versus Sound Blaster Audigy

I was wondering if someone could help me out here i have an "Asus A8N-VM-CSM Mobo" and it has 5. channel HD Audio,But i was wanting to get something maybe a little better for say like 30 bucks lol im cheap so sue me...anyway i was wondering if the "Sound Blaster Audigy SE" would be anybetter. I like to play games and listen to music and i have a 5. channel setup currently...thanks for the advice

Audigy SE doesn't have hardware acceleration for games so you will gain nothing compared to on-board HD solution that you already have.

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If I would use this sound system would I have to remove or disable my onboard soundchip? If so, how?
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Message Edited by rikdenhaag on 2--2005 07:03 PM

A dedicated soundcard will almost always be an improvement on the onboard models. To disable the onboard sound you disable it in the bios sreen. Your manual will tell you how to accrees bios,

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I had this for my Dell XPS M70 on Vista but now that i've upgraded to windows 7 i can't find anything on this.
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AeonSpace wrote:
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I bought a SB Audigy2 value bulk, this card haven't a onboard midi port; is there the possibility to buy and connect a midi port?

Originally Posted by karloch
Hi everyone!
I recently purchased a Sound Blaster Audigy RX and I'm very pleased with the improved audio quality over the Intel HDA included in my motherboard.
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ffaboss_short.zip
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Pardon me for saying that I did not detect the noise you mentioned in your attached MP3 file. I can't be sure it's the noise or is it part of the music; especially towards the end of the playback. I'm using VLC player btw.
Perhaps, you may like to test it with another media player.
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(Re: Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS - No Sound? Try this:
This is a software package created by a user, Daniel K. which includes most all of the software updates as well as the newest or second to newest driver for your card. This will install everything you need to use that card.
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http://forums.creative.com/t5/Sound-...28/td-p/535299
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Drivers from the Creative CD: http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3649/gaycdam5.jpg
Unknown Device in my Device Manager: http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/9924/unknownoj8.jpg
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In order to give any helpful suggestions to these kinds of problems we will need a couple of extra bits of information:
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2) System Specs including processor and chipset
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4) Operating system and service pack
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I have two soundcards in my computer. One is an onboard card (Intel) that is faulty and doesn't work; another is a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE which does work.
My problem, of course, is getting the latter to work.
So I realize this is nothing new, searching the forums and reading ALSA's wiki. However there seems to be some issues with making this work on ALSA, so is there a way to configure this with OSS?
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00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corporation 82801EB/ER (ICH5/ICH5R) AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 02)
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/dev/oss/oss_audigyls0/pcm1 (audio engine 2): AudigyLS center/lfe
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/dev/oss/oss_audigyls0/pcm2 (audio engine 3): AudigyLS surround
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<left> Device returned error: Input/output error
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*** Scanning sound adapter #1 ***
/dev/oss/oss_ich0/pcm0 (audio engine 9): Intel ICH5 (24D5)
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I would start by disabling the on board sound in your BIOS if you are not going to use it. As a novice user much of the documentation kind of covers the simpler case and this might help you navigate them better.
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is this the one?
IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ Standard 0/02-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM) OK
IRQ 5 Uni'versal Serial Bus (USB) Controller OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
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IRQ 9 SCSI/RAID Host Controller OK
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I encounter Installation problems with that file:
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estebandit wrote:
Is there a known issue for this
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