First post, by EdmondDantes
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So hey, I've been thinking about building a PC as a companion (and not a replacement) to my current one. This second one (which I intend to call "Gundam" because the first was called Mazinkaiser) is aimed at the transition period where Win98SE was being phased out and XP was becoming the new hotness.
I've already got my eyes on a motherboard/processor and some ideas for graphics cards, but it occured to me I never really hear people talk about sound cards anymore.
I mean when you go to DOS there's all sorts of discussion on things like Roland vs Sound Blaster and the differences between models. But when you get to Windows gaming I never hear any discussion on sound cards, and in fact I think I saw an LGR video where he said sound cards basically don't matter anymore. Is this true? Is onboard sound really as good as anything you could get in a dedicated sound board?
As for my purposes, what I'm wondering about is a sound card that is basically near the best that Windows 98SE can run since I intend Gundam to dual-boot 98SE and XP (MS-DOS compatibility is NOT required). Throw suggestions at me, please. Or else tell me if it really doesn't matter and I'm just as well off with onboard sound.