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Old 01-16-2006, 06:19 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Question sound ports on Mobo and soundcard??

I have recently bought an A8N-SLI Mobo, and a sound audigy 2zs. They both have sound ports, whcih ones should I use, the one's on the Mobo or the ones on the sound card??
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Old 01-16-2006, 10:19 PM   #2 (permalink)
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the sound card 1, the onboard sound is good but not as good as a 24bit audigy 2 z card.
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I dont get why you would buy the Audigy 2zs and not use those speaker ports?
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Old 01-18-2006, 02:03 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Does the Audigy 2ZS even have an onboard header? I would use the ports in the back, much betetr quality.
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What's an onboard header?
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