On-board sound, is it bad for capturing?

[monoxide77]

I'm not really sure what kind of CPU resources onboard sound uses. does anybody know and is it bad for capturing to use onboard sound?

[BJ_M]

if its that AC '97 or is it AC'98 it uses a lot of resources but not enough to worry about it ..

the crystal chip set works fine ..

some audio apps have graphic display and such -- those can hurt your cap ..


though you can go out and buy a sound card really cheap .

on another forum there have a been a LOT of complaints about the Audiology card and installing drivers ... here is some solutions http://www.3dgameman.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=6517

[BJ_M]

Drivers: http://www.asia.creative.com/suppor...rs/newfiles.asp


SOLUTION FOUND. (Thx to the 3GM forum member Magic)

Solution to Driver "Reboot" problem.
I have "created" a workaround to the reboot problem on fresh installs with XP.

1. Insert your Creative Audigy Installation (Driver CD).
2. Copy the folder X:\Audio\English to a folder on your Harddrive.
3. Open up the Audio.ini in the "Setup" directory in notepad to edit it.
4. Under [Installation] find the line "WinDrv = 1", and set the integer value to "0".

Should look like this once your finished:
"WinDrv = 0"

5. Install the software like you normally would (I think this trick only works on "Full Installation". If you get an error, ignore it and continue the install.

What this will do is install the software without the drivers. Do NOT reboot when it asks you too.

6. Run AUDDRVPACK.exe (12.1 MB) and install the drivers. Reboot.

[easydvd]

I have AC97 onboard audio. The caps I've been doing with it are fine. Good audio without any synch problems

[sterno]

AC97 is just a standard, chipsets can conform to that standard just like lots of sound cards used to be "SoundBlaster-compatible". Some on-board audio is good, some is bad, just like some sound cards are good and others are bad. People with decent on-board audio use it and have no problems, people with bad on-board audio have bad quality and sync problems so they go out and spend $50-75 on a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and everything's fine. If you have on-board audio just give it a try and see if you're happy with it.

[monoxide77]

I know i tried capturing with my old computer (1.1Ghz Celeron) with onboard sound and video and I'd drop every other frame. I use the same CPU but my new motherboard has onboard sound but not video (GeForce2 MX400).

[offline]

but my new motherboard has onboard sound but not video (GeForce2 MX400).

Onboard video is almost always a bad idea -> it shares system memory
and thus lowers overall system performance.

[fmctm1sw]

Onboard video is almost always a bad idea -> it shares system memory
and thus lowers overall system performance.

Agreed, but I havn't had any issues with mine. Intel 810 integrated video and sound.

[Spock]

Onboard sound should not be a problem unless your MB uses one of several CMedia Chipsets. I personally bought a Soyo Dragon Plus due to it's plethora of onboard sound features (6CH Sound, Coax & Optical Digital In & Out, etc.) only to find out about 10 painful hours later that you can only capture Line In sound in 8 bit format. Terrible quality sound capture that is totally unusable (you need to be able to cap 16 bit sound - otherwise is sounds like a lot of noise with a low level signal). I purchased a SB Audigy and am now in business.