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Thanks for the input. I had an Audigy 2ZS and rma'd it. It installed fine, no problems, and it had fairly tight sound. It was a definite improvement over onboard sound even with inexpensive but decent desktop speakers. The reasons I sent it back were: 1. No support for connecting case...

Is there a gaming sound card solution that is not made by Creative? I have read recently that the VIA Envy chipset doesn't buy back many cpu clock cycles. From what I have read audio hardware acceleration is important to taking some of the load off of the cpu. What's out there that's good but...

Gentle, I did patch the game with the first card. When I received the second card I uninstalled and re-installed both games using the new cds that came with the new card. I didn't patch Prince of Persia with the second card because it worked right away with no problems. Thanks grimlykindo...

For what its worth, I had problems with on-board sound after I installed the nForce 6.39 drivers. I noticed a reduction in performance and stuttering in audio content. I uninstalled nvidia audio drivers using Windows' add/remove programs. During the uninstall process a list of uninstall options...

I went through as much trouble shooting as I could stand with the first one and rma'ed it through NewEgg. I tried several different drivers and settings with no luck. One of the Windows' Crash Analysis reports stated, "This issue may occur if the display driver is caught in an infinite loop...

The only problems that have shown up with my Leadtek Winfast 6600GT are also related to the games it shipped with. Prince of Persia SOT crashes to the blue screen of death when I quit the game. Windows reports it as an NVIDIA driver problem. I haven't tried the DEP solution yet.Link I also...