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Old Oct 4, 2004, 12:15 AM   #1
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??? Realtek vs soundstrom
Whats the difference between realtel and sound strom?
Which one is better for onboard audio?
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Old Oct 4, 2004, 12:20 AM   #2
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RealTek I think is more basic, nVidia SoundStorm comes in two fashions tho, the proper SoundStorm chip, or one that's the basic one badged as SoundStorm, I'd still say it's better than the RealTek onboard tho. SoundStorm only comes with nForce boards. Which I also like more than VIA chipsets which usually use RealTek
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Old Oct 4, 2004, 12:24 AM   #3
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Soundstorm is just a technology, a DSP chip, it still has to have a DAC/ADC chip to convert the signals from the Soundstorm chip to audio, and most often this is a realtek chip
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Yes but it's still badged up as RealTek onboard or SoundStorm onboard, and as he's asking which onboard is better. Then we can generalise. I have both. and prefer SoundStorm. The mixer and control panels are better and I prefer the sound from the SoundStorm board.
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Old Oct 4, 2004, 01:22 AM   #5
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good point - had two motherboards with identical ALC650 chips, but my current one has soundstorm on it controlling the realtek codec - i like it far better (when i actually use it - but that is another story)
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soundstorm is nvidia's codec but it based on realtek ALC650 audio processor
soundstorm ability is being controlled by the southbridge
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Soundstorm is better for sure, like what others said. At soundstorm: nvidia codec+realtek adc/dac, at realtek: realtek codec+realtek adc/dac but realtek's adc/dac's frequency response somehow not too linear for all frequency.
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Hay, thanks for great response. So sound strom is better.....
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OK, so does this mean soundstrom acts as an alternative for anyone using ALC650 chipsets?

I'm looking for alternate drivers as I've had troubles with the Realtek ones as described in this thread:

http://www.hardwareheaven.com/audio-general-technical-discussion/56560-ac97-driver-issues-lost-5-1-config-page-sound-manager.html

Basically, some driversets result in poor performance and others in loss of functionality - I'm really looking for both to be resolved in one driver.

I have an SiS7012 audio controller with ALC650 Realtek chip. Chipset is an Sis746FX. Computer is an Asus A2D notebook.
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soundstorm only works on nForce 2/3 sets with the MCP-T southbridge
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