integrated sound

[creepcolony]

i'm upgrading my computer soon and plan on buying the Asus A8N5X motherboard, which comes with integrated 8 channel Realtek ALC850 audio. i have a sound blaster live 5.1 card right now, and i'm wondering which one be a better audio solution? i am a gamer so framerates are important to me if that means anything. i use headphones when i game so surround sound is not important to me, but sound quality is.

 

[Cyrilix]

If sound quality is important to you, then neither are likely going to be good.

For reference, I've heard the SB Live! a long time ago --> no good.