A couple questions, one concerning Creative audigy2

[Grminalac]

Hey, I have sworn off Creative labs cards ever since i could, under so circumstances remove the disgusting crackling sound from my sb live. i tried 2 different cards and 3 different motheboards: a bx, a VIA (known for crackling) and now the sis735 chipset. all crackle. I am using onboard sound which works ok. (and now crackles a bit as of last week when I installed WinXp)... regardless. Does anyone know of any issues of the new boards causing sound problems or crackling noises. I would like to purchase one today but will not if i think it is going to produce crackling noises. I read previously the problem was due to the bandwith limitation of the pci bus. well right now I am runnning two WD1200 special edition raided on a pci and I imagine that would fill the bandwith a good deal.

Also does anyone know any good games that provide widescreen resolution?

thanks.

 

[Pink0]

Right now I'm running an audigy platinum in both windows XP and 2000 with the latest drivers. The PCI bus has two ethernet cards which are both in use and a TV tuner card as well and the audigy platinum is performing admirably. No cracking or popping whatsoever and rock solid.

 

[Grminalac]

sounds good, newegg here i come...

thanks.

 

[Pink0]

I read previously the problem was due to the bandwith limitation of the pci bus.

The live, especially the earlier live cards had a problem with the bus translator on the soundblaster. It had a big problem with PCI bus mastering and thus caused lockups and crackling sound. If you are experiencing crackling sound with your onboard after going to XP I would recommend checking both of your IDE channels to be sure that everything is working in DMA mode. Regardless, the busmastering issue with the live don't exist in the audigy.