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"Soundblaster" was such an 80s/90s name for a computer part. (lemmy.world)

submitted 6 months ago by The_Picard_Maneuver@lemmy.world to c/memes@lemmy.world

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[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago (2 children)

And of course there was a short period of time where a sound card wasn’t required, but would actually improve performance by offloading audio processing to your sound card if you had one

we are at this point in history, but for graphics cards :)

[–] hakunawazo@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

I'll give you 4 characters: 3dfx.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Not in the same way, as you aren’t using the integrated gpu at all if you get an external one. I guess if you’re talking about shared ram this makes sense though.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I seem to recall the integrated sound wasn't used either, when I had my sound card in - the audio connectors were going directly into the sound card.

[–] AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] raspberriesareyummy@lemmy.world 1 points 6 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..