How good is the onboard audio for Motherboards these days?

[Azurael]

Is it worth buying a sound card or is the on board audio good?

 

I am looking at

Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - WiFi

Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - WiFi

MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI

MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI

[filpo]

2 minutes ago, Azurael said:

Is it worth buying a sound card or is the on board audio good?

 

I am looking at

Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - WiFi

Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - WiFi

MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI

MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI

depends what kind of audio your using or going to use

[Dedayog]

Just now, Azurael said:

Is it worth buying a sound card or is the on board audio good?

Depends what you're doing and if you actually use it.

 

The realtek 1220 chip is very good for motherboard sound.

 

What do you listen to or what are your demands?

 

What audio do you have in your car or phone?

[YoungBlade]

How "good" are you talking? If you're serious about audio quality, just invest in a DAC. Otherwise, motherboard audio is fine - has been for a long time.

[filpo]

5 minutes ago, Azurael said:

Is it worth buying a sound card or is the on board audio good?

 

I am looking at

Gigabyte Z790 UD AC - WiFi

Gigabyte Z790 Aorus Elite AX - WiFi

MSI PRO Z790-P WIFI

MSI MAG Z790 Tomahawk WIFI

 

2 minutes ago, YoungBlade said:

How "good" are you talking? If you're serious about audio quality, just invest in a DAC. Otherwise, motherboard audio is fine - has been for a long time.

agree with this, unless you want to do some serious audio editing or are a pro music artist than the onboard audio on mobos are fine

[filpo]

Just now, filpo said:

pro music artist

by pro i mean like does it for a living

[ToboRobot]

It's good enough to try, you can also add a soundcard/DAC later.

 

[manikyath]

"good enough" to be right at the starting point of where diminishing returns hits HARD.

[Azurael]

1 hour ago, Dedayog said:

Depends what you're doing and if you actually use it.

 

The realtek 1220 chip is very good for motherboard sound.

 

What do you listen to or what are your demands?

 

What audio do you have in your car or phone?

I play a lot of games and listen to a lot of music. So good quality sound is important to me. I have a Samsung Galaxy A50 phone and I use Bose headphones. I don't know sbout my Car.

[Dedayog]

35 minutes ago, Azurael said:

I play a lot of games and listen to a lot of music. So good quality sound is important to me. I have a Samsung Galaxy A50 phone and I use Bose headphones. I don't know sbout my Car.

For gaming and listening it'll be more than fine.

 

It's on par with what you have in the iphone or anything Bose produces.