"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. - eviltoast
  • AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    yea, IDK how it works as I’ve never had a computer back then, but the quoted reply makes it sound like getting a sound card would take load off of the CPU.

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      5 months ago

      oh - my apologies, I forgot that on-board graphics have a dedicated chipset. Also, no idea whether on-board sound would have used CPU power back in the late days of soundcards, as the comment I responded to was claiming… might have been a sound chip for that, too…