I'd assumed the onboard sound would be pretty punk but it was really quite decent - for speech anyway. I'm not it is that good across the whole audio spectrum. bones bones@xxxxxxx -----Original Message----- From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gerry Winskill Sent: 17 February 2011 16:36 To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [jhb] Re: Update 345 of 6000 Onboard sound is a feature of a lot of mobos these days. With lower fi hearing I stick with it, although I've read quite a few forum reports that it slows down FSX, because of its increased demand on processor time, cf a Soundblaster, say. Gerry Winskill On 17/02/2011 16:17, Fossil wrote: > Initial test worked much better than expected in that I had traffic as > well as three JHB pilots logging in. Thanks to Alastair, John and Fred > for checking the radio side and to VAA108 and DLH86VM for providing > traffic. > > The new Zotac seems to run IVAC perfectly well and sound seemed > perfectly acceptable too. I presume sound comes from one of the tiny > chips on the mobo – a far cry from the Soundblaster cards I normally use! > > bones > > bones@xxxxxxx <mailto:bones@xxxxxxx> > > *From:*jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On > Behalf Of *MikeB > *Sent:* 17 February 2011 16:06 > *To:* jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > *Subject:* [jhb] Re: Update 345 of 6000 > > Damn! SWMBO insists on doing more shopping. Grrr! :-( > > M. > > From my iPhone .... > > > On 17 Feb 2011, at 15:08, MikeB <mike.brook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx > <mailto:mike.brook@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Give me 10 mins to get home & switch on .... > > M. > > From my iPhone .... > > > On 17 Feb 2011, at 14:48, "Fossil" <fossil@xxxxxxx > <mailto:fossil@xxxxxxx>> wrote: > > I’ve got the new box installed in my room and now running. > Network was fiddly to set up but seems OK now. > > If anyone is free to try a quick test on IVAO I have just > plugged in at EGNS. I just need a connection to prove the > display is picking an aircraft up and, more essential, that > voice coms are working. > > bones > > bones@xxxxxxx <mailto:bones@xxxxxxx> >