P4P800E Onboard Audio Question

[Lowel]

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?

 

[Lowel]

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.

 

[DaveW]

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.

 

[OMaurizio]

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?

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

 

[Lowel]

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.

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.

 

[Lowel]

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!!

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.