I tried today to use a 3rd party sound card as the onboard sound on this, mobo is to say the least the worst sound i have ever had.
very quiet!
no bass!
pants for games!
pants for films!
if i use my tv speakers i have it on number 18 when watching tv but have to have it on anything between 50-80 when watching a film or listening to music on my tv.
so i tried the following sound cards:
creative x-fi fatality
creative x-fi pci-e
creative x-fi music
5 generic cheap sound cards £5-£40 each
on windows 7/vista/xp 32bit and 64bit.
some of the cards would work but then would change from speaker/headphones to digital audio out with no option to turn it back to headphones, then i go back to the c**p onboard sound and everything works fine.
anyone else had this issue and no how to fix it as i want some good sound quality for a change, even with the realtek stuff installed it is still c**p as that gives you no equaliser options to increase the volume.
wish i had of got the asus or dfi mobo now atleast they no what good sound is.
really need some help with this otherwise i have wasted over £200 on a mobo that is supposed to be the dogs dangleys and in fact it is about as much use as a chocolate fireguard.
