Motherboards built in audio 7.1 prcesion
20 minutes ago, Islam Ghunym said:When it comes to audio, I have no idea which manufacturer makes best of it for gaming. I don't care about immersive clarity, higher bit rates or Hz. What I do care about is how precision the real and virtual surround channel seperating in competitive games. I learnt that the software is what is going to determine this accuracy, but I myself didn't experience that as accurate information because at least on 2 different motherboards on the same OS (same drivers) with only variable being the motherboard (ASUS H310M-D vs Gigabyte H310M S2H 2.0) I found ASUS much better when it comes to differentiating between the left/right and rear left/right on "7.1 virtual surround" stereo headset.
From the first look at both motherboards I thought that Gigabyte should offer better audio because it has 4 big solid capacitors while ASUS one has 2 small + 2 big, but then looking at tech specs of ASUS Prime motherboard I found these extra features that are not mentioned in Gigabyte one tech specs and these are:
- LED-Illuminated design
- Audio shielding
- Dedicated audio PCB layers
However I am not sure if these are already in Gigabyte one even if they are not mentioned.
If somebody could clear things out for me that would be very appreciated.
The simple answer is don't use 7.1 surround in headphones. It is pure BS and marketing tricks. It just doesn't work. Having good stereo headphones with good seperation and imaging will be much better for anything anyways. Paired with a cheap sub $50 DAC/amp combo it can outperform a built in realtek chip by A LOT. I wouldn't worry about different Hz or bitrates since that hardly matters in a cheap little DAC/amp built in. And not noticable at all probably depending on what you listen to.
So to actually help with this. Don't look for audio in motherboards, look at audio from audio brands.
25 minutes ago, Islam Ghunym said:LED-Illuminated design
This hardly matters now does it?
26 minutes ago, Islam Ghunym said:Audio shielding
Every audio equipment has some sort of RF shielding from electromagnetic interference stuff.
27 minutes ago, Islam Ghunym said:
- Dedicated audio PCB layers
This is just that the audio components are seperate on an own PCB.
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