Can I drive 250 ohm BeyerDynamic DT880s with motherboard audio?

Cbsmonkey

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I don't know if this is the right place to ask because I'm new to this whole audiophile thing. I have a Gigabyte GA-B85M-D3H with Realtek ALC892 audio. Would that be powerful enough to run the dt880s?
 
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nope.

while some onboard might be strong enough to get audio, its not going to make the headphones sound as good as they could.

at minimum a creative z, fiio e10k or fiio a3. schiit magni would be perfect.