Apples & Oranges......
If your system is being taxed by a game like Modded SH3 and you are using MOBO sound then a 3rd Party Sound Card (with onboard processor) will help. It's between 5-10 FPS (in SH3) provided you remember to disable the MOBO sound in your BIOS.
Important Points:
Many Sound Cards DO NOT have dedicated processing. This will not help you.
Always disable the MOBO sound processing. If you don't your PC is still crunching the data even if you can't hear it.
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