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Realtek AC'97 vs Sound Blaster Live! CT4780

Discussion in 'Audio and Video' started by Technochicken, May 28, 2009.

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  1. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin

    I have an old Sound Blaster Live! CT4780, pulled from a very old dell, and I was wondering how the quality would compare to my current integrated AC'97 Audio.
  2. snowchick7669 TechSpot Enthusiast

  3. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin

  4. snowchick7669 TechSpot Enthusiast

    What operating system was on the old machine and which one do you have on yours now?

    Generally sound cards are better then integrated audio (sometimes by a slight difference).

    There seems to be a few of the Sound Blaster Live CT4780 that have 5.1 surround sound, if so then that would definitely be a lot better :)
  5. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin

    The old machine was windows 98.

    I believe my os and other specs are in my profile, and there is a quick link under my details on the right of my posts :)

    It is the 5.1 version, but that does not necessarily mean it is better, as it is over 8 years old, and my current one is a year and a half old.
  6. snowchick7669 TechSpot Enthusiast

    Haha,

    I'd probably say that Vista won't support that card and since its 8 years

    I'd stick with the integrated sound :)

    Sorry! Didn't realise it was that old >.<
  7. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin

    Well, the manufacturer still has the drivers on it's website. But it would probably not make too much of a difference quality wise, and wouldn't be worth the hastle.
  8. snowchick7669 TechSpot Enthusiast

    Why not buy a more recent soundblaster?, I just went from my onboard to a 5.1 XFI for rather cheap actually

    Would never go back, I'm in love with it :)
  9. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin

    Well, the problem with buying things, is that it costs money...:D

    Anyway, I was only asking because I found it burried in my box of old computer parts when I was cleaning it out.
  10. gamerex TechSpot Enthusiast

    There's no harm in trying it out. With Vista, it shouldn't cause any problems with having two sound cards.
  11. snowchick7669 TechSpot Enthusiast

    Are there Vista drivers for it though?
  12. Technochicken TechSpot Paladin

    It has xp, but no vista, so it might work, but no guarantees. From reading some other forums, it seems people also have issues when you have over 2 gigs of ram.
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