Audigy and WinXP

[aniki]

SB Audigy sound quality is definitely an improvement over previous sound cards.
Games and mp3 's sound quality seem cleaner and more powerful when compared to the Hercules Gtxp.
I wouldnt say its a must upgrade ,but I nice buy if you are in the market for a new sound card. However, I have a major issue with the Audigy.
My system seems to crash frequently while installing programs and has suddenly become unstable.
I have Windows XP and an Atlon 1.33 on a Iwill KK266. Anyone else experiencing similiar problems with audigy and XP.
If I can iron out this problem in less than 14 days....my Hercules GTXP will be up for sale at $50

 

[Pabster]

Let's see. KK266 = KT133A (VIA) north and 686B (VIA) south bridges. I think that pretty much says it all right there. Ditch the VIA-based mobo, or get rid of the Audigy. You'll have nothing but frustration otherwise. With K7S5A for a mere $65, there's no reason to hold on to a sh!tty VIA-based mobo and put up with the endless array of issues.

 

[MulLa]

So it's true that the new Audigy is still having problems with VIA?? Hm.... Shouldn't Creative have fixed it by now!

 

[Pabster]

Everything I hear points to continued issues with Audigy and 686B, in particular. Many will dispute it, but the many users reporting trouble can't be a coincidence. I did try an Audigy on KT7A (686B) and experienced problems eerily reminiscent of SB! Live 5.1 on the same board. No matter what combination of BIOS + 4-in-1's + IRQ's + PCI slots could result in the Audigy operating properly. I have had zero problems with the same card on my K7S5A, nor my Tyan S2460/S2462 AMD duallie boards. This tells me the problems are still there...

 

[aniki]

pabster,

what kind of problems did you have with the Audigy on the Via?

 

[Pabster]

Crackling, Distortion, non-smooth scrolling, blue screens ... the list goes on.

 

[Sharkmeat]

Why should good product (creative example) get blamed for priss poor products that people put them on.

 

[eliteone18]

I have an sblive xgamer 5.1 using an epox 8k7a board (686B southbridge) with 0 issues. Seems to me like most people having problems are using boards with the via northbridge. I'm getting an audigy next week

 

[creamyboy]

I'm running on a KT7A-RAID from Abit...this is a via chipset.

I have had no problems at all with my Audigy MP3.
My suggestion to you would be to update your bios.

I have read reviews from Toms Hardware Gamespot, Firingsquad and 3dsoundsurge, and only 2 of them had problems and both were fixed with bios updates.

 

[eliteone18]

I have the latest bios. I doubt I'll have any problems...but then again I said that before