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Sound Cards/Onboard Sound

Sound Cards/Onboard Sound. By: Jake Vetters. All motherboards produced today have an embedded sound card. (on-board audio, on-board sound, ect ). We will take a quick glance at the initial production of sound, and the pros and cons of the two versus one another.

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Sound Cards/Onboard Sound

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  1. Sound Cards/Onboard Sound By: Jake Vetters

  2. All motherboards produced today have an embedded sound card. (on-board audio, on-board sound, ect). We will take a quick glance at the initial production of sound, and the pros and cons of the two versus one another.

  3. Audio comes in two different formats: analog and digital. Computers are called digital systems, which means that they can only produce,or recognize, sound in a digital format. Now, in today's world, all audio is found or created in an analog format. All speakers produce analog signals; digital speakers, the ones we use for computers or home theater systems, are in fact analog speakers that are able to convert the digital signal to a analog format. A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is used for this process and is incorporated into many of the speakers we see from day to day. All motherboards have a chip called a codec (coder/decoder) that is able to covert digital signals to analog signals and vice-versa.

  4. -On-board audio is not able to produce the same quality of audio as a dedicated sound card. Many of the features needed to produce clear, crisp sound simply can't be added to onboard sound cards.- On-Board Audio One major advantage of using onboard audio is obviously the cost. Not only do you save money on the sound card, but you also save a lot of money on new speakers or an expensive headset. You will still be able to listen to the same music or play the same games as someone with a dedicated sound card, but you won't have the same level of sound quality.

  5. Dedicated Soundcards Dedicated sound cards have a number of improved or added features, which in turn produce better sound quality all around. • Features may include, and are not limited to • Higher signal to noise ratios. • Lower harmonic distortion. • 24-bit sample rates. • 192-kHz resolutions • Additional APIs. • These additional features are what truly make a dedicated sound card worth the time and money it costs to install them and set them up to work properly.  - Sound cards are not for everyone. One thing to keep in mind is that you will need a good set of speakers or a nice headset to truly hear the difference.

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