PCI Express soundcard vs PCI

[CaptCanada]

hi all

Just wondering if there would be any advantage to getting a PCI Express soundcard, as I have had my SB Extreme Audio for a few years and looking to replace it.

thanks
Don

 

[SecurityTheatre]

Not specifically an advantage of PCI express, but one would hope newer cards are higher quality in general (but some/many are lower quality, for sure)

It really is all about the components on the card, not the bus it uses. PCI might have a tiny bit more overhead due to latency inherent in the lower bandwidth, but I doubt it would outweigh simple driver quality differences.

 

[bononos]

PCI-e would be the way to go because the pci bus is going to be extinct and definitely if the card in question is from Creative - because of CL's constant ineptitude with the snap crackle pop issue stemming from their broken pci bus mastering implementation (from the SB16 right up to their current cards).

 

[BrightCandle]

You'll be forced to upgrade soon when PCI disappears completely. But there isn't a lot of point replacing a perfectly reasonable card before you have to.