On-board sound versus dedicated/standalone sound card ???

[Michael Rasile]

Vincent Trouilliez wrote:

>>>Greetings! I  think that a good sound card will produce better quality 
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>>than an onboard audio. I use onboard audio on my Gigabyte mobo. I too 
>>wanted to try a sound card. Be very careful which card you choose. the 
>>SBLive card will work. I use it on another Linux box. A few weeks ago, I 
>>thought I should upgrade to an audigy card: Well, it worked under 
>>WindowsXP, but could not get it going under Linux. Check to see what 
>>sound cards others are using before you buy one. Again, my opinion is 
>>that you will definitely get better sound quality from a dedicated sound 
>>card. Hope this helps a little.
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>>Regards,
>>Mike
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>Thanks Mike, that confirms it then... okay will get a sound card. Will
>just the same as my friends, a SBLive, as it's dirty cheap second hand,
>and it works fine on his Mandrake, so should work on Ubuntu hopefully !
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>Vince
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Vince,
SBLive will work. Never had a problem in any Linux distro with it. Good 
luck. Enjoy your sound. :-)

Mike

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Regards,
Mike
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