Interesting little PC problem Ihad

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Does onboard audio really suck up that many CPU cycles? when most CPU's were single core i always had a stand alone audio card, but with a CPU like an I7 with 4 smoking fast cores, do you really take a performance hit?

Just curious.

It really doesnt anymore. At least as long as the hardware and drivers are working ok. They havent really had CPU drains since the G31 chipsets were introduced by Intel. But people still have old perceptions.

Only reason I shared this was because it wasn't a gaming experience issue. It was a hardware fault. Even standard internet browsing perform, was impacted. Heck just opening the simple Google web page was a chore. It was impacting the entire PC.

FYI I did install a Creative Labs sound card and its working great.