p4v533-mx motherboard with soundcard

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ei dont no much about computers at all so ill ask the pro's.

ok.iv got this p4v533-mx motherboard with a onboard sound card.my problem is is that i need to now how big it is in terms of bits.16,24 ect.

im busy buying some music software to start making music but i need at least a 16 bit soundcard but i cant figure out how big it is.
if anyone can please please help me out on this one course its making me crazy not being able to figure it out.

thanks

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[Praetor]

ok.iv got this p4v533-mx motherboard with a onboard sound card.my problem is is that I need to now how big it is in terms of bits.16,24 ect.
16bit precision

im busy buying some music software to start making music but I need at least a 16 bit soundcard but I cant figure out how big it is.
If you want to start doing fancy stuff (but not neccesarily the $10000 setups for serious pros), at least step to am Audigy or better which is 24bit precision and gives 100+ SNR (up to 108db for the really high end one)