Depends what you're doing.  For everyday use, probably not.  Maybe for heavy
online gaming or video editing you will.  If you do a benchmark you will see
a difference.  It uses CPU cycles where a real soundcard would not.

Dave Jones
http://www.vdoguy.com

Camel: A horse designed by committee


----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 4:52 AM
Subject: [PCBUILD] AC 97 vs Sound card


Hi on the list, I want to know if there is a noticible or mesuable
improvment in perfomance by disableing AC 97 and installing a sound card.
Wheras  I have a SB card in a old computer not in use and I don't use the
extra features of AC 97 (speaker setup).

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