What is the best PC sound Card out there? I have an SB live value and would
like to upgrade. I have some infinite loop issues and have changed all but
the sound card. Thanks
Hercules Game Theater XP.
I've had one since chucking my SB Live Plat ( Creative Labs still havnt
written any proper drivers for it under Win2k and WinXp as far I know )
It's fantastic - and the breakout box is great
Doug
--
Joe M.
Many Thanks
AD
> >What is the best PC sound Card out there? I have an SB live value and
would
> >like to upgrade. I have some infinite loop issues and have changed all
but
> >the sound card. Thanks
> That infinite loop error could be tied to an inadequate power supply.
> But, soundcards I recommend are Hercules Fortissimo II or III, Turtle
> Beach Santa Cruz and Creative's Audigy 2 (note the 2). I have the
> FortissimoII and Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is better for music quality
> but FortissimoII is a rock solid card with rock solid drivers.
> P.S. I used to get the infinite loop on WinXP with a Geforce2 but now
> have a GF4 and have no issues. I think it was due to a problem with my
> PS though and I upraded to a 400w Antec PS.
Achim
Now you say this about power supply i am convinced that is the answer as my
9700pro does draw alot of power as well as my full gallery of PCI cards and
2 hard drives and my power hungry wheel and dsl modem....lol
You have convinced me....new PSU and case. :)
AD
> >What is the best PC sound Card out there? I have an SB live value and
would
> >like to upgrade. I have some infinite loop issues and have changed all
but
> >the sound card. Thanks
> That infinite loop error could be tied to an inadequate power supply.
> But, soundcards I recommend are Hercules Fortissimo II or III, Turtle
> Beach Santa Cruz and Creative's Audigy 2 (note the 2). I have the
> FortissimoII and Santa Cruz. Santa Cruz is better for music quality
> but FortissimoII is a rock solid card with rock solid drivers.
> P.S. I used to get the infinite loop on WinXP with a Geforce2 but now
> have a GF4 and have no issues. I think it was due to a problem with my
> PS though and I upraded to a 400w Antec PS.
However, inifinite loops are usually caused by clashes between the
motherboard chipset, and the Graphics card.
I solved my problems by upgrading the VIA-4-in-one drivers, and using
Nvidia's own drivers.
Have you been here: http://www.viaarena.com/ ? You can get all your via
drivers from there.
There are an interesting article there as well:
http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=64 (Staying out of the loop)
(I'm just assuming that you also have a VIA based chipset...)
:-)
/Carl
> I am very satisfied user of a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (upgrade from SB
> Live). More stable, compatible an capable than the SB Live. Less cpu
> utilization. Nice card. Cannot go wrong with a Hercules card either from
> what I've heard.
> --
> Joe M.
> > What is the best PC sound Card out there? I have an SB live value and
> would
> > like to upgrade. I have some infinite loop issues and have changed all but
> > the sound card. Thanks
Gary
--
Don Burnette
Since then, I swaped it with Audigy1 and the problem is gone.
I don't like Creatives poor sound and DirectSound3D, though.
Y.Minami
MadDAWG
Great sound, solid drivers, designed right to not be picky about the PCI
slot OR hog the PCI bandwidth. Has about every feature you could want or
need, including 5.1 support.
It just plain works, and works right. Nice, stable drivers too.
$79 or thereabouts.
-Larry
They both use the same base reference driver set, which is then worked over
by the manufacturer.
Turtle beach has _always_ had a far better handle on the drivers than
Hercules has (TB had release, WHQL drivers out _before_ WinXP even shipped,
while Hercules wouldn't even provide beta's for intermediate use.).
I have both cards. They sound almost identical.
I prefer the TBSC as it provides 95% of the features of the GTXP at a lower
cost and more convenient setup (unless you really need the external box).
Both are impressive cards, and far more reliable than anything Creative has
ever made.
-Larry
> > What is the best PC sound Card out there? I have an SB live value and
> would
> > like to upgrade. I have some infinite loop issues and have changed all
but
> > the sound card. Thanks
> Hercules Game Theater XP.
> I've had one since chucking my SB Live Plat ( Creative Labs still havnt
> written any proper drivers for it under Win2k and WinXp as far I know )
> It's fantastic - and the breakout box is great
> Doug
-Larry