Can I still use onboard sound as well as my new sound card ?

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28-05-2010, 04:07 PM
jamieuk23

Can I still use onboard sound as well as my new sound card ?

I have a ASUS DS sound card but all the posts are used with my 5.1 headpone jacks. I would all so like to use my 2.0 speakers as well, so I am wondering if I can use my onbaord sound ports on my motherboard for this, or will it cause some type of conflict ?

Thanks !!
28-05-2010, 04:31 PM
Zhaoman

Re: Can I still use onboard sound as well as my new sound card ?

You can have both drivers installed at the same time and you can switch between them in control panel -> Audio Devices. You can't use both at the same time though.
28-05-2010, 07:08 PM
Hicks12

Re: Can I still use onboard sound as well as my new sound card ?

Actually you can use both devices at the same time with no problem, the only issue i had was with 2 different creative models so the drivers conflicted.

Ive had my onboard + Audigy 2 ZS and now replaced that with a creative fatality Xtreme gamer card, all working flawlessly. Its upto the software you use to enable it though, for me i use voip (skype etc)alot and while gaming i prefer to have the speakers on and listen to the voices on my headset (so i dont annoy people). I set skype to use the headset which is connected to my onboard and the mic that is connected to my x-fi (better quality), then my main speakers via the x-fi are used for music+ css.

So yes, most of the times it works flawlessy and ive yet to have a problem!.
28-05-2010, 10:36 PM
Ulti

Re: Can I still use onboard sound as well as my new sound card ?

It's actually pretty useful to have them both for Windows 7 because it allows you to play two separate audio outputs without hassle. But I'm not sure how useful that is but it seems that this is what you're looking for.
28-05-2010, 10:36 PM
1stRaven

Re: Can I still use onboard sound as well as my new sound card ?

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Originally Posted by Hicks12

Actually you can use both devices at the same time with no problem, the only issue i had was with 2 different creative models so the drivers conflicted.

Ive had my onboard + Audigy 2 ZS and now replaced that with a creative fatality Xtreme gamer card, all working flawlessly. Its upto the software you use to enable it though, for me i use voip (skype etc)alot and while gaming i prefer to have the speakers on and listen to the voices on my headset (so i dont annoy people). I set skype to use the headset which is connected to my onboard and the mic that is connected to my x-fi (better quality), then my main speakers via the x-fi are used for music+ css.

So yes, most of the times it works flawlessy and ive yet to have a problem!.

+1

Its the best way of playing games with full surround but still being able to help peeps on teamspeak etc along with having voice activation on the mic.