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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by Sharlin on Thursday September 01, 2022 @04:29PM (#32682679)
Diminishing returns. But IIRC the thing that killed 3D audio was patent wars, like what happened to force feedback.
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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by happymellon on Friday September 02, 2022 @10:34AM (#32691317)
I honestly think it is the same as the iGPU.

It is cheap enough that it is bundled with everything. But that doesn't make it better than a discrete GPU/Audio chip.

Intel GPUs are barely good enough to run an OS desktop yet they hold the majority of the market.

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Re:Ask HN: Whatever happened to dedicated sound cards? by Godel_unicode on Thursday September 01, 2022 @08:20PM (#32685120)
Huh? Force feedback and 3d audio both very much still exist.
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