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post #1 of 3
3/12/11 at 5:54am
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have a question about audio I can run at 16bit at 96khz or I can run it in analog at 24bit at 96khz whats better is my question

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post #2 of 3
3/12/11 at 7:02am
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Originally Posted by ozlay View Post

have a question about audio I can run at 16bit at 96khz or I can run it in analog at 24bit at 96khz whats better is my question


 

IIRC, this card is based on some Audigy series cards (i.e. no true X-Fi hardware onboard).

Audigy cards (excl. Audigy 4 Pro) did not gain much of the 24-bit path (this can be seen in RMAA measures) so, IMO, it's all the same if you use either 16-bit or 24-bit mode ... though, 24-bits might be native bit depth for 96kHz operation (depends on if there's 2nd D/A converter for 96kHz mode as it's in certain Audigy models). If your source data bit depth is 24 then 24/96 ofcourse.

 

jiiteepee

 


Edited by jiiteepee - 3/12/11 at 7:03am
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3/13/11 at 9:38am
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what about digital 16bit over analog 24bit

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