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How Good Is Your Sound Card?

Whatever you do, don't believe the manufacturer's specs; they're meaningless. We've been testing audio performance at pc Magazine for as long as PCs have been multimedia-capable, and our results have typically shown that the published numbers are the theoretical specifications of the sound chip and do not reflect real-world performance.

The actual numbers are usually far worse, for a variety of reasons. One is the huge amount of electrical noise inside a PC: Millions of transistors switch on and off at incredible speeds, each one creating tiny power spikes and electromagnetic emanations that add up to background hiss. Motherboards and expansion cards are encrusted with bypass capacitors to suppress the racket, but that's not always enough.(Continue Reading)

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How Good Is Your Sound Card?
Whatever you do, don't believe the manufacturer's specs; they're meaningless. We've been testing audio performance at pc Magazine for as long as PCs have ...(Continue Reading)

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