Hmmm nice Question....anyway System giving out 7.1 Output means that there is facility for 6 speakers and one Subwoofer....like wise 5.1 means that 4 speakers and 1 subwoofer can be set up...and then it does give Surround effect ...but then does it mean it give a better sound quality...A Big NOOO !!!
A Dedicated sound card like creative will definatly give a lot better sound than the onboard version...even though its just 5.1 because of the better quality Sound Processing chip...Its like comparing Frontech 5.1 and comparing it too Altec Lansing 2.1...the latter is always going to beat frontech because of the simple thing Quality...
See this solves it pretty much..doesn't it ...!
