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Re:Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster by postexitus on Monday September 08, 2025 @05:36AM (#45166282)
I built 2 pc's with generic motherboard audio in 97 and 99; while this is anecdotal, the option was definitely there late 90's.
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Re:Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster by mxfh on Monday September 08, 2025 @05:49AM (#45166347)
late 90s is a whole different thing than mid 90s. The 97 in AC'97 is there for a reason. Would still say that Audigy 2001 front panel was peak consumer audio experience. Good access for headphone out and ASIO support, so for anyone wnating to connect you a midi keyboard for first excursion into digital music creation everything was there for a reasonable price point. Even firewire for your DV imports. A digital media entry point like no others existed at the time at that price point.
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Re:Creative Technology: The Sound Blaster by martijnvds on Monday September 08, 2025 @05:48AM (#45166345)
Motherboard audio started to become more common with the AC'97 spec/standard.

So that makes sense.

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