Sound card question again

Hi guys, I don't like the sound that my built in sound card produces. I already asked this question but the cards that were recommended (SantaCruz and SB Audigy 2) are 5 in 1 and too expensive for me right now. I found the following chip cards: 1. CMI 8378 4 CHANNEL PCI SOUND CARD 2. SOUND BLASTER PCI 128 Any experience with these cards? Will a not built in PCI sound card improve the sound quality? /Igor

Not sure about the first, but I have the second in a server box (aka sits there not making sounds) and I wouldn't recomend it for anything else. MadDAWG

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> Hi guys, > > I don't like the sound that my built in sound card produces. > I already asked this question but the cards that were recommended (SantaCruz > and SB Audigy 2) > are 5 in 1 and too expensive for me right now. > > I found the following chip cards: > 1. CMI 8378 4 CHANNEL PCI SOUND CARD > 2. SOUND BLASTER PCI 128

I had a PCI128 many moons ago and had no issues that I remember. It may be worth letting us know exact symptoms as a new sound card may not be the answer, but it may simply be down to a couple of tweeks. What do you mean when you say you sdon't like the sound? Is it actually corrupted in some way? Regards, Mark

"Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LWqda.31316$[email hidden]... > Hi guys, > > I don't like the sound that my built in sound card produces. > I already asked this question but the cards that were recommended(SantaCruz

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> and SB Audigy 2) > are 5 in 1 and too expensive for me right now. > > I found the following chip cards: > 1. CMI 8378 4 CHANNEL PCI SOUND CARD > 2. SOUND BLASTER PCI 128 > > Any experience with these cards? > Will a not built in PCI sound card improve the sound quality?

Both are junk, compared to today's standards. How about Hercules Muse 5.1? It's only like $30-35 in the US --KC

There are two things I don't like: 1. In F12002/GTR when a car's wheel hits the curb after exiting from a turn the sound I hear something like crackling . In the GTR mod the sound of a car is so noisy and not real. With the same crackling noise. Ii just hard to describe 2. When I load a track with audio track description on the background it sound like this: Thiiii-sss-tra-aa-aa--a-kk wa-wa-s-s bu-i-ii-ll-tt etc. The speech is stretched and crackling as well. /Igor "Mark" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in messagenews:<LWqda.31316$[email hidden]>... > > Hi guys, > > > > I don't like the sound that my built in sound card produces. > > I already asked this question but the cards that were recommended(SantaCruz

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> > and SB Audigy 2) > > are 5 in 1 and too expensive for me right now. > > > > I found the following chip cards: > > 1. CMI 8378 4 CHANNEL PCI SOUND CARD > > 2. SOUND BLASTER PCI 128 > > I had a PCI128 many moons ago and had no issues that I remember. It > may be worth letting us know exact symptoms as a new sound card may > not be the answer, but it may simply be down to a couple of tweeks. > > What do you mean when you say you sdon't like the sound? Is it > actually corrupted in some way? > > Regards, > > Mark

My recommendation? If that is the only thing on your list right now, throw away the list and save up until you can get a TBSC. Really... Larry "Igor" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:LWqda.31316$[email hidden]... > Hi guys, > > I don't like the sound that my built in sound card produces. > I already asked this question but the cards that were recommended(SantaCruz

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> and SB Audigy 2) > are 5 in 1 and too expensive for me right now. > > I found the following chip cards: > 1. CMI 8378 4 CHANNEL PCI SOUND CARD > 2. SOUND BLASTER PCI 128 > > Any experience with these cards? > Will a not built in PCI sound card improve the sound quality? > > /Igor > >