Add in sound card v/s realtek 892 codec
MegaMind
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Then Spend more & get atleast a Xonar DX..
MegaMind
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The ALC 892 is decent enough.. I'm not saying there won't be any diff. with DG, but diff. is not worth the 2K...
MegaMind
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You can't get the best out of a good speaker with that card.. But u can try it if u want it badly.. You'll notice the diff. from onboard, only if u have a good set of speakers/headphones..
Xonar DX - 4.2~4.5K
Yes, by a good margin..
MegaMind
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The price of sound card going down is a very hard thing..
1.4K is a good price for DG, it will be a good start for a sound card...
When i moved from ALC 888s(slightly lower than ALC892 in SQ) to SB audigy value(slightly lower than DG in SQ) for my VS4121 the SQ was slightly better.. But SB audigy value to DX was a drastic improvement..
With my old comuter which is a amd athon xp based system and a VIA pro savage graphics when i upgraded my graphics to low end GPU geforce 6200 I was amazed by picture quality every thing was lot clear.
I think same case for sound card too spending around 5k
for sound card is too much instead I will spend on AMD 5670 for 4k and 1.5k for sound card.
Later will buy some quality speaker.
I think same case for sound card too spending around 5k
for sound card is too much instead I will spend on AMD 5670 for 4k and 1.5k for sound card.Later will buy some quality speaker.
AcceleratorX
Youngling
It's all in the SNR nowadays, unless you are concerned with gaming. ALC888 is better than ALC892, which is just an "adequate" chip. A lot also depends on the motherboard's implementation and noise protection circuitry so you cannot just compare two chips like that.
For example, the ALC892 on my Biostar motherboard sounds much better than the ALC892 on an Asus motherboard I have lying around.
In general, VIA's audio chips are very, very good. Onboard audio, what you should look out for is detailed below:
- Realtek: ALC887, ALC889, ALC898
- VIA: VT18xx, VT17xx, VT2xxx (all are good)
As for your particular question, if you have a decent pair of headphones/earphones/speakers, the Xonar DG will make a difference. It may not be significant, however.
For example, the ALC892 on my Biostar motherboard sounds much better than the ALC892 on an Asus motherboard I have lying around.
In general, VIA's audio chips are very, very good. Onboard audio, what you should look out for is detailed below:
- Realtek: ALC887, ALC889, ALC898
- VIA: VT18xx, VT17xx, VT2xxx (all are good)
As for your particular question, if you have a decent pair of headphones/earphones/speakers, the Xonar DG will make a difference. It may not be significant, however.
But sound card is something most people skip on So a low end will surely give good sound quality or else why would asus releases something that is redundant I will confirm this after buying Xonar DG.
I have searched a lot over internet about this card most of the reviews say it will provide noticeable difference in quality over onboard.
I have searched a lot over internet about this card most of the reviews say it will provide noticeable difference in quality over onboard.
MegaMind
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