Audigy melted so forced to use the Nforce 4 onboard sound and....

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.....It sounds better. I always thought my audigy 2 was really good soundwise, but after a motherboard problem melting a few of the PCI tracks I am forced to use my Nforce 4s onboard audio and I have to say it sounds far better. Both music and surround sound games sound much fuller. Bit surprising really.
 
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I found that going from an Audigy 2 -> Onboard on my nForce2 as well, though games like BF2 took a hit in both quality and performance.

The X-Fi I upgraded to has both high quality music and gaming abilities though, best of both worlds for me :)
 
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smids said:
nForce > Audigy 2 ZS = much improved. I hated the onboard. Tinny in comparison and now I hear sounds that I didn't hear before.

Is that in Music or Games?

Games with the onboard were pretty awful for me, but music was very good quality.
 
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Games were awful, really awful with the onboard. The music admittedly hasn't improved much, but it has indeed improved. You are right in your summation - games with onboard are atrocious but music is fine. I play games a lot and got some Logitech Z5500's for Xmas so naturally I wanted a better sound card to use them with and I don't regret it.
 
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Are we talking about nforce2 with soundstorm? Since not all nforce2 had soundstorm and it was supposed to be the audigy's equal (nforce1 onboard sound was not soundstorm), I got rid of an audigy1 for soundstorm.
 
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megatron said:
Are we talking about nforce2 with soundstorm? Since not all nforce2 had soundstorm and it was supposed to be the audigy's equal (nforce1 onboard sound was not soundstorm), I got rid of an audigy1 for soundstorm.

I was referring to the non-Soundstorm nForce 2
 
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My Audigy1 OEM started going funny on me, so i started using the Onboard (offboard?:p) Abit AudioMax 7.1, and the sound was clearer, but seemed a little 'cold' compared to my old Audigy. Havnt really gotten around to buying a new sound card. Im waiting for the X-Fi's to hit realistic prices.
 
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