The Successor to AC'97

User Comments: 4

1. January 19, 2004 2:04 PM
   Vehementi said:
   Why do more motherboards not carry the Soundstorm? I thought it was excellent, and was disappointed to only find it on ASUS nForce boards.
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2. January 19, 2004 4:30 PM
   TS | Thomas said:
   About time they killed off AC97 :) Let the good times roll.
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3. January 19, 2004 9:49 PM
   Federelli said:
   finally some 32bit
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4. January 22, 2004 9:15 AM
   Prohandyman said:
   Actually, Abit's NF7-S and AN7 both carry Soundstorm... any mobo with the MCP-T southbridge does. However, very few meet the true dolby certified specifications that award the soundstorm certification.And just FYI, many of Asus's early bords that claimed soundstorm WERE NOT certified! Only Abit's were!NVidia's sound solution did start an evolution for "on-board" sound, but is/was an imperfect solution. In fact, it's newest/ future chipsets will not include the high end solution... it has/will become a discrete chip. VIA's Envy/vinyl also looks to be a good solution... but add in cards will always have the best features, etc.. Intels announcement is only a "we have too" due to pressure created by these two solutions, along with the 6.1 and 7.1 PHL's supplied by realtec, etc..
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