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Zebodog · 09-02-2006, 12:43 PM

Albromor, the M-Audio is a decent card in it's own right and in the right environment. If you're surfing, watching DVD's, listening to MP3's it's a great card but if you want to game then Creative is the way to go.

You'll be able to get your current card working with some research and tweaks and like I said before it's a decent card in it's own right but it's in a completely different league than an X-Fi or 2ZS from Creative that feature on onboard DSP. OF course the revolution also costs a whole lot less.

What do you expect from a soundcard? Do you play newer games? Even though it's a dedicated soundcard, it requires CPU cycles to work...cycles that won't be available to that shiny new game engine.

09-02-2006, 12:43 PM	#5
Zebodog Avatar Join Date: May 14, 2005 Location: Edmonton Age: 76 Posts: 578	Albromor, the M-Audio is a decent card in it's own right and in the right environment. If you're surfing, watching DVD's, listening to MP3's it's a great card but if you want to game then Creative is the way to go. You'll be able to get your current card working with some research and tweaks and like I said before it's a decent card in it's own right but it's in a completely different league than an X-Fi or 2ZS from Creative that feature on onboard DSP. OF course the revolution also costs a whole lot less. What do you expect from a soundcard? Do you play newer games? Even though it's a dedicated soundcard, it requires CPU cycles to work...cycles that won't be available to that shiny new game engine. __________________ Disclaimer: If this thread, or a link within this thread leads you to follow advice that crashes/explodes/burns down or any way damages your system or causes personal stress or hardship, I am in no way responsible for any problems.