News: Audio Nforce2 VS Audigy2

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<br>Firing squad ha <a href="http://firingsquad.gamers.com/hardware/audigy2_versus_nforce2/default.asp">affrontato</a> un dilemma che molti appassionati si sono chiesti, ma l'ottimo audio on board presente nell'acclamato chipset Nforce2, è ai livelli della blasonata Creative Audigy2?<p>
Ebbene stando a quanto riportato da firing squad, l'Nforce2 si avvicina moltissimo alla qualità dell'Audigy2, e si pone tra quest'ultima e l'Audigy1.
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From a purely sound perspective alone, the nForce2 is up there with the best stand alone sound cards, better than the Audigy and not too far from the Audigy 2. Take into the fact that the nForce2 also happens to be a full-featured AMD chipset with IEEE1394, USB 2.0, and dual channel DDR memory controllers and you’ll understand why the nForce2 deserves FiringSquad’s Editor’s Choice award. The only disappointing feature we came across is the rolled off bass, but this is going to be primarily an issue for the most hardcore of audio enthusiasts since it’s a drop of -1 dB at 20Hz in SPDIF mode, and -2 dB at 20Hz in analog mode.