Best hackintosh compatible sound card?

[slugg]

I currently do a lot of work in digital audio and music notation. Onboard audio just doesn't cut it - neither do those dinky little USB "sound sticks" everyone is recommending for hackintosh users. I'm currently using a Soundblaster X-Fi XtremeGamer (got it for free at a LAN party last week) and it's actually not bad for my intentions. Creative cards, however, are not compatible with Mac.

I need a sound card that can do the following:
- Have a high resolution (96 khz @24 bit or more)
- ASIO and/or Apple CoreAudio support (low latency driver support)
- Ability to record the card's output (like creative's "what u hear" recording option)
- Be compatibile in both Mac OS (OSx86) and Vista x64
- Must be internal. PCI or PCI-E are both fine.

Thanks in advance for your time!

 

[fyleow]

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[slugg]

looks great... but does it have Vista support? I can't seem to find anything other than XP x64 support.

edit: nevermind... looks likes it in beta. Cool - at least this way i know there WILL be official, non-beta drivers.

Looks like this is my card

Now to sell my brand new X-Fi...

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: fyleow
Audiophile 2496?

I believe that is one of the few cards that DOESN'T work with Hackintosh, for some reason. There's a big list of compatible cards in this thread, sorry I don't have a direct link to it:

http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=76014

 

[fyleow]

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[MiataPaul]

http://www.m-audio.com/index.p...392ab9b785ee01b645a739

This looks interesting they have a card for mac.

 

[Tyranicus]

Does anyone know of anyway to get analog 5.1 surround working on a Hackintosh?