You don't hear about soundcards any more

[Harrison]

Remember a time when the latest Soundblaster soundcard release would be the big talking point?

It was frowned upon to use any inferior built in audio.

The cards would promote 5.1 surround sound and support for higher quality codecs and frequencies. Loads of different PC specific surround speaker setups were on the market.

But now you don't even see audio get a mention.

Strange how something as important as audio no longer gets featured. I know new soundcards do still exist, but is onboard motherboard audio really that good these days? With all the fuss about graphics cards, and the rest of the hardware build, the lack of audiophiles just seems a bit odd.

I can only assume that because audio is pretty much all digital these days it isn't an issue, especially if it's going through HDMI. Plus many gamers just use bluetooth headphones these days.