Originally Posted by AW_3_3
This is a question from a friend. He bought a motherboard with a ALC889A Inegrated sound chipset, and wants to know wheather it is better than a Sound Blaster Live. i honesstly dont know. any deas?
AW_3_3, I find two things wrong with integrated sound. First they are usualy resource hogs like the old Winmodems and second the M/B manufacturer doesn't update drivers very well...Your friend will have better luck getting updates with the SB Live...
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