What to buy a sound card under $50. Need your opinion?

[zwind]

I have system with kt7a and TB 750 @ 960. Need to buy a sound card under $50 bucks. I did try a diamond MX300, but it does not work in W2K. Need some opinions from any one of you.

zhen

 

[bulldawg]

Look here for Soundblaster Live Value OEM

Good choice, IMHO.

 

[billabong132]

Aopen AW744L Four channel out with digital coax output! Uses Yamaha 744 processor. Aopen has great driver support so Win2K works great. Good card, even better price.

$27 Shipped


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[BadMuleS]

sheesh man, sound blaster live hands down and if u can scrape up some more bucks like $10 or so order a soundblaster live xgamer from staples and use one of their coupon codes and get it for like $50+ something i forget exactly how muhc it was like $56 or something..

 

[FusionTorch]

I agree get a SB Live!

 

[madthumbs]

Isn't eviLBS (SBLive) a poor choice for a Win2K system? Also, obviously no one really knows what they're talking about since the person asking the question failed to specify what the card would be used for... ie; gaming, cd audio, etc... SBLive is not the best all around card, and may possibly not be the best at anything.

 

[zwind]

well, i am goint to use the card for general purpose. i play game occationally and list to MP3 as well. If SB live is not that good, do you have any suggestion?

 

[pdo]

Gotto go with SBLIVE.

 

[potz]

SB LIVE! It's the industry standard now.

 

[mastertech01]

If you are overclocking high fsb SB live, but I have had good results with several others like the onboard sound that comes on the I815 motherboards.. the plus there is the free PCI slot.

 

[hotrodder]

www.3dsoundsurge.com is a good site for info.
also their message board

 

[Wik]

SBLive!

 

[Zipperhead]

sb live value

 

[airfoil]

Get a SB Live! value. Search for it on pricewatch.

 

[mattyrug]

depends on what you're gonna do with it......
I picked up an OEM version of the Yamaha YMF-724 (DX-XG Chipset) PCI Card for $20. It's not the greatest card for gaming, but sonically is pretty damm clean, (as far as low end cards go).
I use Logic Audio (don't know if anyone's familiar with it), and it's one of the VERY FEW recomended and tested 2-track Cards (due to low latentcy times). I do as many as 24 tracks (playback) simultaneoulsy, and it handles quite well considering that there isn't much DSP built into the card. I have it in my 'Classic' Athalon/KA7 setup. The only drawback to it is the 1/8" stereo input jack is pretty flimsy, i've had to re-solder it a few times.
but best of all - it's 2K Compatible.

EDIT- Billabong's link will take you to the Re-Bagged version of my card, w/surround, and SPDIF.