go out and buy a soundcard. The best would be an Creative Soundblaster Audigy 1 or 2. I got a 1er Version and i got no problems with the sound.
BTW Forget onboard sound, that generally makes games more laggy und stuttering. An extra soundboard should help anyway.
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