Hi there,
After a friend of mine commented how her new soundcard has made a huge difference to the audio quality she hears, I've been trying to work out if I would get any benefit out of a dedicated card over my onboard audio.
My PC is a dedicated HTPC, and I use the optical SPDIF to output to a 5.1 surround sound amplifier.
I've been looking about, and some places seem to think that as I've using SPDIF output, a dedicated card won't make any difference, as the PC isn't really doing anything to the digital audio. Am I correct with this?
What about ASIO? If I change to the ASIO player in Mediaportal, will I get better sound? Do I need a quality sound card to use this?
Apologies for the noob question. Until an hour ago, I assumed that my onboard audio was as good as it would get with my amp!
After a friend of mine commented how her new soundcard has made a huge difference to the audio quality she hears, I've been trying to work out if I would get any benefit out of a dedicated card over my onboard audio.
My PC is a dedicated HTPC, and I use the optical SPDIF to output to a 5.1 surround sound amplifier.
I've been looking about, and some places seem to think that as I've using SPDIF output, a dedicated card won't make any difference, as the PC isn't really doing anything to the digital audio. Am I correct with this?
What about ASIO? If I change to the ASIO player in Mediaportal, will I get better sound? Do I need a quality sound card to use this?
Apologies for the noob question. Until an hour ago, I assumed that my onboard audio was as good as it would get with my amp!