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The Live isn't too good for music and has some issues with VIA mobos, especially those that feature the 686A or 686B Southbridges...

If you can stretch the $60 it takes, I'd suggest going for the...

For that price, it'd probably be something based on the CMedia chipset...

For around $30-$40 you could get an SB Live or a Hercules FortissimoII.

I'd have to say LAME as well.

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Much more bug-free.

With my GTXP the sub and center channels dissapear sporadically, only to be recovered with a driver reinstall. This is the only major driver bug at this time.

The Santa...

The Santa Cruz has better drivers than the GTXP. If you don't need the breakout box, I'd highly suggest the Santa Cruz.

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Standard CMedia CMI8738 5.1channel soundcard. Check the CMedia forum at www.3dsoundsurge.com for additional details.

I'd say its fine if you pay no more than $15.

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Terratec, Hoontech, M-Audio...

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I'd suggest a pro recording card, like the M-Audio Audiophile 24/96, M-Audio Delti DIO 24/96, Terratec EWX 24/96...so on and so forth.

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Terratec 6Fire 24/96 DMX.

Pro 24/96 card with breakout box similar to livedrive and gaming capabilities.

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The only Sensaura solution to currently use Sensaura Multidrive 5.1 is Analog Devices Soundmax 3.0

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Hercules Game Theater XP or Philips Acoustic Edge PSC706 (depends on the mood)

Sherwood RD7103 reciever
Acoustic Research AR226PS fronts
Acoustic Research S112PS 12" Subwoofer
Pioneer Center...

Despite all this, noone renders EAX better than Creative.

I'll also have to add the Acoustic Edge into the mix, as I have one and it comes damn close the the Audigy in EAX performance, especially...

Are you using SPDIF out or a software dolby digital decoder???

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Are you using SPDIF out or a software dolby digital decoder???

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Good to hear.

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The FortissimoII will sound much better for music and DVD's. The SB Live will have better reverb and EAX implementation for games.

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Give this link a whirl: http://gamespot.com/gshw/filters/products/0,12844,554219,00.html

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Yep, Audiophile 24/96. Either that or the Terratec EWX 24/96.

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[This message has been edited by K6-III (edited 02-18-2002).]

Try replacing the crappy wire that comes with them with 16 or 14 guage. I think you'll find they'll be even better by quite a bit.

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Belkin makes a few KVM switches with integrated audio switching.

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There was a similar issue posted in the Audigy forum at www.3dsoundsurge.com

You may want to give it a peek.

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Check out the SBLIVE forum at www.3dsoundsurge.com

You may be able to find some good info there.

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They are fairly decent cards, but you'll find the menu options to be sparse at best and drivers only fairly stable. Check out www.canyon3d2.com for the latest reference driver releases.
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What do you usually do at your computer???

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Try different highpoint drivers and bioses. Check out the modded highpoint kt7-raid bioses at www.biosmods.com

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