P4P800E Onboard Audio Question

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I have a P4P800E-Deluxe and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card.
In trying to run down some problems as to why the Max Payne game is
not working on this set up, I have reformatted the drive and tried out
the onboard audio. I didn't do any extensive testing but it seemed to
me that the audio quality was better on the motherboard than with the
Turtle Beach card. I bought the Turtle Beach card because it has DSP
which is supposed to take away some of the processing from the CPU. So
my question is, how much of a performance hit am I going to take by
using the onboard sound rather than the Turtle Beach card. I have a
ATI X800XT AIW video card and want to play games. Any reviews showing
the difference in CPU utilization between the onboard audio and a
sound card?
 
Also found that when using onboard sound and drivers, the volume of
recorded TV shows is the same as regular TV. This is true even of
shows I recorded using the Turtle Beach sound board and drivers. I
thought the low sound on recordings was a recording problem but it
looks like it is a playback problem. With the Turtle Beach I always
have to turn up the volume to listen to recorded shows but with the
onboard audio I don't.
 
Using the onboard sound during graphics intensive games you will find that
the sound will sometimes stutter while the CPU conflicts with the sound chip
for process time.
 
I have a P4P800E-Deluxe and a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz sound card.
In trying to run down some problems as to why the Max Payne game is
not working on this set up, I have reformatted the drive and tried out
the onboard audio. I didn't do any extensive testing but it seemed to
me that the audio quality was better on the motherboard than with the
Turtle Beach card. I bought the Turtle Beach card because it has DSP
which is supposed to take away some of the processing from the CPU. So
my question is, how much of a performance hit am I going to take by
using the onboard sound rather than the Turtle Beach card. I have a
ATI X800XT AIW video card and want to play games. Any reviews showing
the difference in CPU utilization between the onboard audio and a
sound card?
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Hi,
for me is the exaxt opposite, I don't know if Turtle Beach is a low
quality sound card, but after I excluded onboard audio on P4P800 E Dlx
and installed a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, it's all another audio. No
quality comparison at all with the onboard chip!!
Maurizio
 
Using the onboard sound during graphics intensive games you will find that
the sound will sometimes stutter while the CPU conflicts with the sound chip
for process time.
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Thanks Dave. I am getting ready to install a bigger hard drive, format
it, and install everything fresh and wanted to make the right choice
as to which way to go. I will use the sound card.
 
Hi,
for me is the exaxt opposite, I don't know if Turtle Beach is a low
quality sound card, but after I excluded onboard audio on P4P800 E Dlx
and installed a Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS, it's all another audio. No
quality comparison at all with the onboard chip!!
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I was going to do more intense testing today and see if I can tell the
difference. Unfortunately I can't be listening to both at the same
time with the same sounds or music playing to really hear the
difference.
 
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