Kismet Posted August 25, 2007 Report Posted August 25, 2007 I'm still working my way through finally having a decent computer for games. My previous computers have all had basic on board sound. Using google I haven't gotten a clear answer on this. How much (roughly) would putting a dedicated sound card into my pc over the current on board configuration(Realtek 97') improve frame rates? I'm not in dire need, but thinking about getting one if it helps.
AntiLeaf33 Posted August 25, 2007 Report Posted August 25, 2007 It would be minimal to no change in frame rate. A new video card can have dramatic changes, but not a sound card
ZGangsta Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 It would be minimal to no change in frame rate. A new video card can have dramatic changes, but not a sound card A new video card will only improve the frame rate if the CPU or amount of RAM or something else isn't the bottleneck there. I can never think of a situation where spending money on a sound card is worth it to improve frame rates though. That money can be better put to a ton of other things.
Kismet Posted August 29, 2007 Author Report Posted August 29, 2007 I'm really not lacking in anything. Most of it is good enough. AMD Dual-core 6000, GTS 8800(640bit),2GB Dual Channel DDR2 800 RAM. Mostly it was looking around, and there were some mentions of it slightly improving/steadying frame rates in a game or two I play. I figured I might grab one when I get a new monitor.
AntiLeaf33 Posted August 29, 2007 Report Posted August 29, 2007 I said a video card CAN improve game performance, I didn't say it always will. Like you said, their are a few different factors to see if it will make an impact
MrRant Posted August 31, 2007 Report Posted August 31, 2007 I'm really not lacking in anything. Most of it is good enough. AMD Dual-core 6000, GTS 8800(640bit),2GB Dual Channel DDR2 800 RAM. Mostly it was looking around, and there were some mentions of it slightly improving/steadying frame rates in a game or two I play. I figured I might grab one when I get a new monitor. It "might" if you are using onboard sound as it's less for the processor to do. And then it would be minimal I imagine.
Kismet Posted August 31, 2007 Author Report Posted August 31, 2007 All right then, thanks again everyone.
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