SB CT4830 vs SB CT4760

[Cinna696]

I built a SFF over the summer (not the computer in the sig) but it has been having problems with i believe the onboard audio. For example, playing WoW and running Itunes at the same time will cause it to crash/restart. It is not an overheating problem as running WoW without Itunes works fine. Only when the two run together, otherwise it is flawless.

Specs Are:
AMD A64 3800 @ 2.4ghz
MSI RS480M20-IL ATI Radeon Xpress 200
1gb DDR PC3200 (2x512)
Seagate 120gb 7200rpm Sata 150
NEC ND-3530A
Zalman CNPS700B-AlCu
Aspire X-Qpack
PNY 6800GT
Windows Xp Pro Sp2

It may be an issue that I have not set the sound drivers/software properly but adding a sound card should eliminate the issue (knowing that a soundcard would be better anyway).

Here's my question, which would be best as i have two sound blasters lying around, granted both are old. They both are Sound Blaster Live! cards, the CT4830, which i believe is an OEM card, and the CT4760, which is a retail gaming version.

I have actually found one review that sort of compares them, http://www.nvnews.net/reviews/sblive/live_xgamer.shtml , it is quite old (2000) so Im curious if anyone has any more up to date experience

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

I remember CraigRT having an issue with the 4830 version.

http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview...atid=27&threadid=1707704&enterthread=y

 

[Cinna696]

Ha, well working drivers is important so if those are too hard to get (for the CT4830) to work the other card(CT4760) is supported by creative i believe. I got another question though. If I plug in the sound card, the front audio ports on the case, do those remain connected to the motherboard (and continue working) or is there a way to connect them to the sound card?

 

[YOyoYOhowsDAjello]

Originally posted by: Cinna696
Ha, well working drivers is important so if those are too hard to get (for the CT4830) to work the other card(CT4760) is supported by creative i believe. I got another question though. If I plug in the sound card, the front audio ports on the case, do those remain connected to the motherboard (and continue working) or is there a way to connect them to the sound card?

I'm not sure on the old SB Live cards, but creative makes it a pain to connect front panel stuff to their cards. (The can sell more cards with front drive bays then)

Some people run integrated audio as well as a soundcard but I'm not sure if that would work well for your specific combination of parts.