Which Sound Cards In XP Are Good

[PrinceAli0 0]

My System Specs:

AMD 1200 TBird

Abit KT7a-RAID Motherboard

256 MB PC133 2-2-2 Ram

350 Watt PSU

Leadtek 64MB NVIDIA Geforce Pro

Sound Blaster Live! (Slot3)

Intel 10/100 PCI NIC (Slot5)

Maxtor 40 GIG UDMA100 HD (Primary UDMA100 Master)

IBM 45 GIG UDMA100 HD (Primary UDMA100 Slave)

Yamaha 16x10x40 IDE CD-RW (Primary IDE Master)

Plextor 16x DVD Drive (Secondary IDE Master)

 

OS & Software:

WinXP Professional

Office XP + FrontPage

Detenator 12.41

Latest SBLive 5.1 Driver

Easy CD Creator 5

 

Ok guys,

 

I have to say I've never really had the SB Live issue, but in RC1 whenever I browse the web or do anything hard drive related my sound skips and slows down. My PC doesn't crash or freeze up but I have no idea if this is a driver issues with the HP370 Driver, Sound, VIA, ect. Regardless what is the best sound card for RC1, some guys are saying the Philips card. Please let me know which I should buy for similar performace in sound quality to the SB Live. Also I need one with RCA out to my sound system. Please let me know.

 

Thanks

Princeali0

[JohnnyChangs 0]

Hi

I have a SB Live Platinum 5.1 and it works fine with the default Microsoft drivers from the install. I haven't messed with 3rd party drivers yet, becuase the build ones seem to work OK.

[ThC 129 0]

the Live! series of cards work good, but who knows how long it will take creative to make a complete Gay!ware package for XP. I have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz and it works great with the new beta XP drivers they have come out with.