moparboy
05-10-2001, 08:12 AM
I'm in need of some opinions on a decent sound card. I went out last week and bought a SB PCI512. Sound was great!!! Turned the EAX on and it crackled like a bowl of rice krispies. Doing some research (unfourtunatly after the fact) I found out about the whole VIA-SB problem. My board is a Soyo 5ema Pro with an ETEQ chipset (Take off the stickers and it says VIA). Well I took the SB back, and was on the hunt again.
I deceided to do a little research this time and just heard wonderful things about the Philips Acoustic Edge. So I bought it. IT SUCKS!!! My old Aztech ISA sounds better than this. In general I guess Its not that bad, but the the reverb effects are very weak. Many things don't work. And this just hasn'e been very pleasant.
So, anybody now of a sound card that's out there that actually worth a $100. Id love to have a SB but I jus built this computer and I'm not swaping board over a sound card.
Thanks in advance!
I deceided to do a little research this time and just heard wonderful things about the Philips Acoustic Edge. So I bought it. IT SUCKS!!! My old Aztech ISA sounds better than this. In general I guess Its not that bad, but the the reverb effects are very weak. Many things don't work. And this just hasn'e been very pleasant.
So, anybody now of a sound card that's out there that actually worth a $100. Id love to have a SB but I jus built this computer and I'm not swaping board over a sound card.
Thanks in advance!