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help me please..suggestions for a new speaker system.

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dd1907 Original post #1
Aug 24, 2005 at 1:07 PM
i have onboard soundcard ac97 installed on my computer. i want to buy a new speaker so i want to know which type of system i can install wheather it is 2.1, 3.1 ,4.1 or i have to buy a new card

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club_pranay
Aug 24, 2005 at 1:59 PM
Welcome To the Forums!!
First, sorry, i dont understand your question properly, please be more clear. What's your AC97 chipset's type? they are available in 2 ch, 6ch, 8ch.
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Aug 24, 2005 at 2:39 PM
Which motherboard are you using?
mediator
Aug 24, 2005 at 3:27 PM
U want home theatre go for 7.1, u'll be rocking the whole society! Hmm.. if u dont want to be that ruthless and only want to rick ur neighbours then try 5.1, oho...I see
uonly wanna rock ur house go for 3.1.......Stilll......R U a peaceful man ...OK OK then try 2.1. I give up now!
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dd1907 #5
Aug 24, 2005 at 3:53 PM
my mobo is intel 845 chipset and audio hardware is intel 82801/bam ac97 audio controller
club_pranay
Aug 25, 2005 at 9:43 AM
man, you can only attach a 2.1 audio to your mobo's sound port. otherwise you can opt for a better sound card (5.1, 7.1 etc)
expertno.1
Aug 25, 2005 at 8:37 PM
u need another good sound card