Never heared of VIA's current chipsets? Or the nForce? Man, those to onboard sound chipsets own. (and you know, an ATi 9100 Pro as onboard video is badass as well). As much as my onboard owns, it doesn't support my speaker setup because my speaker setup requires 2 slots for Back and Front Speakers while the onboard requires a single cable to hook onto. But at least I got Digital Out I can hook this baby to my Big surround sound system upstairs. Now, if I wasn't lazy to do it. I recommend using an PCI network card then onboard for various unknown reasons.