Real quick question: what current generation sound card will work with no problems in Win2000?

[Spoooon]

I had a Diamond MX300. I couldn't get the thing to work. I bought a Maxi Sound MUSE which, on the box, said it works on Win2000. I can't get the rear channels to play. I've emailed the company and checked the site for drivers, of which there are none. So, SBLive works okay? I was looking at the new X-Gamer. Will it work okay? I'm going to return the stupid Maxi Sound and exchange it for the X-Gamer.

 

[sun818]

My SB Live! Value Card works perfectly. Make sure to get the w2k drivers. I recall it being a 50MB since they include lame software with the drivers.

 

[Spoooon]

I just bought an X-Gamer. It works great.

 

[Celstar]

The mx300 works in win2k except there aren't any drivers for it from diamond. Just use the generic ones that win2k installs.

 

[MechEngineer]

I also have a mx 300 with the default Win 2k drivers....

It seems to work ok.

 

[StuckMojo]

actually, they did finally release WDM drivers for the mx300, i had one but traded it to a friend for a live for linux support. with the WDM drivers, you even get A3D in win2k.

however, it is a pain in the a$$ to install them. i still have them along with install instructions, if anyone wants them...email me. (they are 35M tho )

 

[nasty]

Check the hardware compatibility list (HCL) on the MS site to to be absolutely sure...