I will mainly using the card for games (GPL, N2002 and F1 2002) and some
music. No movie playback. I'm running 98se.
Soletek SL-75DRV5 MB
XP1900
Harmon/Kardon 2 channel speaker system (with sub)
Thanks,
Chris G.
It also plays nice on the bus.
The drivers are very solid, and give little trouble.
Note, however, that I use 2K and XP. Under those two OS's, there is no
better choice.
-Larry
$40 on ebay.
rms
1-Extra input (Aux. does not work under 2000 and XP) sucks if you have a tv
card or other high end capture card.
2- No bass and treble adjustment in hardware, just a sucky digital equalizer
3-Digital output will not work in concert with analog out, sucks if you use
Linux or if you wish to use your analog out for Headphones.
4-Emulates EAX, (spotty, many games don't recognize it)
Good luck
> >Looking to upgrade my SB Live sound card. What do you guys recommend? I'm
> >leaning towards Sound Blaster Audigy.
> >I will mainly using the card for games (GPL, N2002 and F1 2002) and some
> >music. No movie playback. I'm running 98se.
> >Soletek SL-75DRV5 MB
> >XP1900
> >Harmon/Kardon 2 channel speaker system (with sub)
> >Thanks,
> >Chris G.
> Audigy is nice. If you want a cheaper card that sounds good too then
> look at Hercules FortissimoII or maybe even the new FortissimoIII.
No problems for me in either 2000 or XP. I use a Pinnacle studio PCI tuner
card.
equalizer
The Control Panel does still need some work.
I've used it under Mandrake 8 and 9 but it has no rear channels or sub.
Autodetects as a Crystal chipset.
EAX has never liverd up to the hype. I never used it when I had a Live.
The Santa Cruz was a terrific upgrade from my Live. Saw it at Fry's for $59
recently.
Mitch
It is a cheap replacement, not an upgrade,far from...
How is the analog preamp? I used to love the old ISA Turtle Beach
cards (Tropez and Multisound Pinnacle) but I was pretty disappointed
with the signal to noise on the analog ins (especially the mic) on the
Montego II.
Jason
Jason
-Larry
Turtle Beach does not manufacture the DSP, so there is no way to guarantee
that they will be able to support the card for the long term.
It works, works well, and isn't in your face every other day with hardware
and software conflicts.
-Larry
Chris G.
> Chris G.
> > Looking to upgrade my SB Live sound card. What do you guys recommend?
I'm
> > leaning towards Sound Blaster Audigy.
> > I will mainly using the card for games (GPL, N2002 and F1 2002) and some
> > music. No movie playback. I'm running 98se.
> > Soletek SL-75DRV5 MB
> > XP1900
> > Harmon/Kardon 2 channel speaker system (with sub)
> > Thanks,
> > Chris G.
Reports such as mine greatly outnumber any negative complaints.
Not sure what the difference is for those few that have problems.
-Larry
> > Thanks for all the advice guys. Just to let you guys know I had a
> Fortissimo
> > II but returned it because the sound was terrible while playing N2002
and
> > GPL would lock up while playing. Tried the latest drivers and there was
> > still a problem.I might try the Fortissmo III or the Guillemot Game
> Theater
> > XP.
> > What ever I buy I will post my review.
> > Chris G.
> > > Looking to upgrade my SB Live sound card. What do you guys recommend?
> I'm
> > > leaning towards Sound Blaster Audigy.
> > > I will mainly using the card for games (GPL, N2002 and F1 2002) and
some
> > > music. No movie playback. I'm running 98se.
> > > Soletek SL-75DRV5 MB
> > > XP1900
> > > Harmon/Kardon 2 channel speaker system (with sub)
> > > Thanks,
> > > Chris G.
This thread had me curious, so I tested out my friend's Santa Cruz in his
Athlon XP machine. Well, GPL worked perfectly under XP (my SBLive has
issues with this) and every other sim I could get my hands on, old and new
worked flawlessly. There was much less background noise when using
headphones than I get with my SBLive, so overall I was pretty impressed.
"My SB Live was a POS that caused many problems so I chucked it into the
trashcan dropped in the SC and have never looked back"... :) Better?
Mitch
