Winter Audio Reference: On-Board, Consumer, and Pro Solutions
by Derek Wilson on February 3, 2005 12:05 AM EST- Posted in
- Smartphones
- Mobile
The Test
We tested the audio cards in the same board as our Intel solution. When we were testing with an add-in card, we would disable the on-board, and conversely, we would remove add-in cards when testing with onboard audio.
| Performance Test Configuration | |
| Processor(s): | 3.4 GHz Pentium 4 Extreme Edition |
| RAM: | 2 x 256MB Samsung DDR2 (4:4:4:11) |
| Hard Drive(s): | Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 120GB PATA |
| Chipset Drivers: | Intel Chipset INF v6.2.1.1001 |
| Video Card(s): | NVIDIA Geforce 6600 GT |
| Audio Card(s): | Creative Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Pro Creative Audigy 4 Pro Echo Audio Gina3G Realtek Intel HD Audio |
| Video Drivers: | NVIDIA ForceWare 67.66 Beta |
| Operating System(s): | Windows XP Professional SP2 |
| Power Supply: | OCZ PowerStream 600 PSU |
| Motherboards: | Intel D925XECV2 |
Facebook
Twitter
RSS
89 Comments
View All Comments
sxr7171 - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
Chapbass - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
I remember hearing a while ago about the M-audio revolution 7.1 card, but its been a while since ive heard anything. Those seemed pretty good for music listening, if i remember the review right. Could be some good competition for the other cards in this review.Either way, I'm really excited that anandtech might be making more updates in the audio market. I'm a big fan of audio, but it just seems like that category gets overlooked alot compared to some of the other ones. Maybe theres a place where im not looking (if there is, let me know please : ) ), but it'd still be nice to have more audio reviews.
lol, as i think about this post i guess it doesnt totally have a meaning, but its late and im rambling...just thought id try to raise a little discussion :).
ksherman - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
especially the soudstorm nforce 2 variants... kind of a confusing review, but ill try again when im awake ;-)MAME - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
on board nvidia audio would be interesting as well as an older sb live 5.1 card for referenceProviaFan - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
BTW, good choice on the DT DVD! :DProviaFan - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
I was just kidding about the MOTU, as I'm sure it wouldn't be too practical for you to review their higher end stuff - it's not what most people here would be concerned about. However, I would be interested in how these cards work in real life in a professional multitrack recording application. What kind of latency, do you experience dropouts? Practical stuff like that would be my only suggestion, but that might be kind of hard to implement.DerekWilson - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
Feel free to make your audio review requests here, we are open for business ;-)I'm not saying we'll get to them all, but we'll certainly consider them.
Also, we welcome your feedback. This is the first audio review we've done in a long time, and we really want to know what we can do to make our audio reviews the best they can be. Tell us what you want and we'll do our best to deliver. :-)
Derek Wilson
ProviaFan - Thursday, February 3, 2005 - link
Where was the MOTU? ;)http://www.motu.com/products/motuaudio/HD192/body....
raju - Wednesday, November 23, 2005 - link
hii want to download waves files from internet please support me 1234567890