No ofense but can U really compare a 10$ sound chip with a 100$+ sound processor? Also don't forget that the sound processing is done by the CPU when you use the sound chip on the mobo. so the cpu load is higher than using a dedicate sound card.
On Monday 15 September 2003 23:36, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Mon, 15 Sep 2003 23:02:19 +0300 > > Birkoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I didn't read all the replies, but here goes my opinions: > > - sound chip on the mobo real stinks. they arecheap solutions for > > cheap sound. My sugestion is to buy a separate soundcard (audigy2 > > from SB is an example.) > > I disagree here. > The C-Media Electronics Inc|CM8738 [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] > is an excellent onboard sound chip featuring 6-channel snd which I > would rate equal to even a 'high-end' SB card in linux. > > lsmod > Module Size Used by Tainted: P > ipt_LOG ipt_state ipt_multiport ipt_conntrack iptable_filter > iptable_mangle iptable_nat] snd-seq-midi 5632 0 > (autoclean) (unused) snd-opl3-synth 13832 0 (autoclean) > (unused) snd-seq-midi-emul 7524 0 (autoclean) > [snd-opl3-synth] snd-seq-instr 8332 0 (autoclean) > [snd-opl3-synth] snd-ainstr-fm 3192 0 (autoclean) > [snd-opl3-synth] snd-seq-oss 37152 0 (unused) > snd-seq-midi-event 6592 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] > snd-seq 49840 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-opl3-synth > snd-seq-midi-emul snd-seq-instr snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] > snd-pcm-oss 46820 0 snd-mixer-oss 15992 1 > [snd-pcm-oss] snd-cmipci 26808 1 > snd-pcm 90592 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-cmipci] > snd-page-alloc 10228 0 [snd-pcm] > snd-mpu401-uart 5436 0 [snd-cmipci] > snd-rawmidi 19488 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] > snd-opl3-lib 9156 0 [snd-opl3-synth snd-cmipci] > snd-timer 20932 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm snd-opl3-lib] > snd-hwdep 6944 0 [snd-opl3-lib] > snd-seq-device 6268 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-opl3-synth > snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi snd-opl3-lib] snd > 46596 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-opl3-synth snd-seq-instr snd-seq-oss > snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-cmipci > snd-pcm snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-opl3-lib snd-timer snd-hwdep > snd-seq-device] soundcore 7236 0 [snd] > > via-rhine 17360 1 (autoclean) > > As to network most AMD/VIA boards will also feature a VIA ethernet > chip which is very good. > > > Charles Birkoff
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