Low Sound Quality?

[l3ender]

I heard that a poor sound (ie: low-quality onboard audio) can effect your (ultimately) FPS's. Is there any truth to this? If so, how much/what difference does it make?

[Gautama]

Using onboard audio can lower your fps because all audio processing is done on your processor. Whereas if you had a dedicated sound card, the audio is processed by the sound card not the cpu. More available cpu=more fps

[alg7_munif]

Oh no, not again (http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=1136894), again (http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?t=208514), again (http://forums.nvidia.com/index.php?showtopic=23780), and again (http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=84949).