Do sound cards affect PCSX2 performance?

StriderVM · January 19th, 2007, 22:39

Here's an interesting question.................

Well, currently, I'm using my motherboards integrated sound, and have no problems with it. However, I remember in the old days (Pre Pentium 2 times.) that integrated sound cards (Or most integrated hardware anyway) does use processor power, especially when the sound quality is set to high.

Do you think buying a PCI sound card will affect this gaming performance? Wil this have a noticeable performance increase in PCSX2 as well? Is my knowledge still true in this time and age?

I'm actually thinking of posting in the hardware forum, but since I'm really looking for PCSX2 performance.... I decided to ask it here....

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NexXxus · January 19th, 2007, 22:45

i don't think that your integrated sound chip decrease the cpu performance.
I used my onboard soundchip for a while and i can't feel a difference between it and my SB Live 24Bit PCI Card.

Tsuska · January 19th, 2007, 23:10

Not enough for most people to notice. Maybe the biggest difference comes in the 5.1 and stuff...but that's only if ur talking about having better quality sound +P...lol

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jusTiC3 · January 19th, 2007, 23:32

a clear YES

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thc · January 19th, 2007, 23:43

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Originally Posted by Tsuska

Not enough for most people to notice. Maybe the biggest difference comes in the 5.1 and stuff...but that's only if ur talking about having better quality sound +P...lol

If You're talking about better quality sound don't talk about PC in one sentence. :P

If program uses EAX and this stuff, separate sound card is worth it (PC games...) PCSX2 AFAIK don't use this stuff, so it eats very little of CPU. not worth spending on it money IMO.

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cyclonmaster · January 20th, 2007, 02:38

I don't think it give an effect on pcsx2 performance. I had build in sound card too.

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Fadingz · January 20th, 2007, 18:35

some games require spu2 and thread mode, like KH so a better sound card might give up to a 5 fps boost or more
but usually the graphic card processes slower than do sound card, so a better sound card might give you a huge delay between sound and subtitle/action/motion, like FFXII

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January 19th, 2007, 22:45	#2
NexXxus it'se miku! Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Cologne, Germany Posts: 3,609	i don't think that your integrated sound chip decrease the cpu performance. I used my onboard soundchip for a while and i can't feel a difference between it and my SB Live 24Bit PCI Card.

January 19th, 2007, 23:10	#3
Tsuska Pulse Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 235	Not enough for most people to notice. Maybe the biggest difference comes in the 5.1 and stuff...but that's only if ur talking about having better quality sound +P...lol __________________ My Desktop PC: Intel Core2Duo e6850 @ 3.00GHz \| 256MB Gigabyte GeForce 8600GTS \| 2x2GB Apacer RAM @ 800MHz \| Asus P5K-E/WIFI-AP My Laptop PC: Coming Soon Sig Coming soon: 500x130 and 25K, I'm still very new at Computer Graphics, so I'm trying to transfer my drawings onto the computer.

January 19th, 2007, 23:32	#4
jusTiC3 emulation. emu... what??? Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 475	a clear YES 3DCenter - Der Einfluß von 3D-Sound auf die Performance, Part 2 __________________ ASUS X7BSV

January 20th, 2007, 02:38	#6
cyclonmaster EmuAddict-_-;; Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Sarawak, Malaysia Posts: 2,736	I don't think it give an effect on pcsx2 performance. I had build in sound card too. __________________ :::Gadget Dream:::Dropbox::: Win XP SP3 \| Monitor BenQ FP 91G+\|Intel Core i3-530 2.93GHz \| GA-P55-USB3L - GIGABYTE \| Albatron 6600GT 128MB PCI-E \| Corsairs 2GB DDR3 Laptop Lenovo z460 : Win XP SP3 \| Intel Core i5-460M(2.8GHz) \| NVidia G310M CUDA DDR3 1GB \| 2GB DDR3 Memory \| 500GB HDD SATA \| 14.1 WXGA LED Display Please Answer This Survey. Thank You.

January 20th, 2007, 18:35	#7
Fadingz 代言人 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: 應許之地 Posts: 7,056	some games require spu2 and thread mode, like KH so a better sound card might give up to a 5 fps boost or more but usually the graphic card processes slower than do sound card, so a better sound card might give you a huge delay between sound and subtitle/action/motion, like FFXII __________________