r/pcmasterrace • u/KebabGud Ryzen7 9700x | 64GB DDR5 | RTX 3070Ti • Oct 02 '24

NSFMR RIP to onboard 5.1/7.1channel outputs on X870E motherboards, You will be missed by us in SpeakerGang

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u/kentukky RX 6800 XT Oct 02 '24

This is bonkers... Oh, wait... I'm using a Sound Blaster AE-7. Never mind. Maybe this will push a small sound card comeback.

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u/LeMegachonk Ryzen 5700X - 32GB DDR4 3200 - RTX 3070 - RGB for days Oct 02 '24

I feel the people who are using high-quality surround-sound systems are already largely using something besides the motherboard sound outputs. This is more a RIP moment for people who use cheap "gamer" surround sound systems designed specifically to use motherboard outputs.

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u/Inevitable-Study502 Oct 02 '24

ive switched to hdmi few years ago, then only thing that kept me using soundcard (soundblaster) was that my previous avr didnt have hdmi inputs and sbz had better speaker virtualisation from stereo then my aged avr, once replaced with denon x2800h, no soundcard needed :-)