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Yeah I also recommend the Turtle Beach Santa Cruz! CompUSA is having a $20.00 instant savings on them this week so I grabbed one ASAP. The Fortissimo II 5.1 is also very good...

The latest I could find and have are version 1.57 dated 10/17/01. With those drivers I only get a pop from the speakers when WinXP starts to load. Other then that I don't have any problems. Where did...

It really doesn't matter what chipset you have. The SB Live card will still hiss, crackle, and loop. The only different problem you may get with a VIA chipset is data corruption + the poor sound...

The best soundcard for gaming on any Win9x based system has to be the Diamond MX300! Using the Aureal Reference drivers available at www.voodoofiles.com . If you use Win2k however the MX300 is not...

The SB Live Platinum is the same card as the X-Gamer or MP3+. The only difference once again is the software and the Live Drive http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/cool.gif

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Diamond MX300 You can get an OEM MX300 for $29.00 at TCWO http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/cool.gif

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The Creative Labs Ensoniq cost $29.00 and it's okay for a basic soundcard, but for $29.00 online you can get a Diamond MX300 with 4 speaker surround sound for the same price and it will blow that...

How about a $29.00 Diamond MX300? It has surround sound and it's awesome if you're into gaming! TCWO has the OEM Diamond MX300 for $29.00.

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The MX300 with the Aureal AU8830 drivers is both A3D 2.0 and EAX compatible. Penstar Systems LLC has a SB Live X-Gamer review and he mentions how it uses more CPU cycles than an Aureal Vortex 2 based...

Well I like the MX300 better than the MX400. The Aureal AU8830 chipset is the main reason. I'm not to fond of the ESS 3D Canyon chipset. Nothing out there is going to be able to beat the Diamond...

I don't know why you wouldn't be interested in a Diamond soundcard. If you read all the SB Live vs MX300 reviews the MX300 always comes out as #1 especially in gaming. I've owned all sorts of...

Just get the Diamond MX300 for $29.00 and use the Aureal AU8830 reference drivers http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/cool.gif

$29.00 MX300 at TCWO

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http://www.tcwo.com/mx300.jpg

Since you want the best soundcard for gaming then nothing is going to beat the Diamond MX300! It supports 4 speakers, Aureal A3D 2.0, and even EAX with the latest...

And people think that ISA slots are outdated and dead http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/cool.gif

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I'd pickup the Diamond MX300 for $29.00 at TCWO It's an awesome card and it will blow the SB Live away!

http://www.diamondmm.co.uk/eng/images/headers/prodhead/boxmx3.jpg


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Really simple 1966Ford because Creative Labs soundcards are way over-priced. It's kinda like the AMD CPU vs Intel CPU price war. Buying the $$$$ Intel CPU doesn't always give you the most bang for...

Yeah I suppose there could be a patch to make some A3D stuff work, but since the chipset on the Live is designed for EAX you won't get 100% A3D compatiblity unless you use a card that is using Aureal...

The SB Live isn't an A3D based card, but an EAX based card. If you want to use A3D then you'll need a card like the Diamond MX300 http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/cool.gif

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Diamond MX300 or MX400 all the way! That stuff about the MX300 or SB Live having problems with SS7 systems is a total myth! I've been using my MX300 for a very longtime now and it's never given me...

It sounds like an IRQ conflict to me. The MX300 requires two IRQ's. One is for the soundcard itself and the other IRQ is for the SB Pro Emulation. If I had a more detailed list of your hardware maybe...

The SB Live X-Gamer is great, but for serious game play the Diamond MX300 blows it away! Not to mention thats it can be found for as little as $35.00 online. Aureal A3D 2.0 is awesome...

Was your brother talking about ISA modems or just ISA vs PCI in general? For modems I still like my Boca 56K Flex ISA modem which I know isn't a win-modem. Most PCI modems are now win-modems which I...

I'd say it's your FIC SD-11 motherboard then Razor6. My brother is using an MSI 6167 Slot A motherboard along with the MX300 without a single problem. Of coarse the MSI is using AMD North &...

You won't have any problems. Even the GeForce 256 works with Athlons now thanks to updated drivers http://discussions.hardwarecentral.com/smile.gif The MX300 or SB Live X-Gamer will work just fine...