Which sound card from theses 2 ?

[Ben_UK]

Hello,

Just about to setup a new computer.

Should i use a Creative Sound Blaster 128 PCI V2 sound card or should i use the AC'97 sound thats onboard (Abit BD7-RAID mobo) ??

System is using for gaming, listening to MP3's and watching moives.

Which would you go for ?

Cheers

[directhex]

the sound blaster PCI 128 is so appalingly bad i don't know where to start

use the onboard, and bin the creative.

[streetster]

less hassle to use the onboard one, and i doubt you would see the performance hit of using the onboard sound, never used a SB 128 card so i cant really comment on the quality of that, might be worth spending £20 or so and getting a 2nd hand audigy maybes ?

[Blub2k]

AC97 can be fine and the 128 is crapola as already stated, would only consider it in a legacy system that needed sound.

[iMc]

another vote for AC97 onboard. does the job perfectly.

[Bungle]

and another!

[Ben_UK]

Cheers lads

AC'97 it is

Any ideas where i can get drivers for the AC'97 (its onboard the Abit BD7-RAID mobo), gonna be running Windows XP Pro

Cheers again

[Bungle]

they should be on the cd that came with the mobo

[Ben_UK]

they should be on the cd that came with the mobo

I carnt find the CD

Any web sites out there that you lot no of ?

[Bungle]

try their website www.abit.com.tw . its frustratingly slow though

Heres a link from the American site linky

[malfunction]

Or www.realtek.com.tw...

Chances are it's the Realtek ALC650 codec

[directhex]

realtek alc650, by the look of it

[Blub2k]

There is a download link. for the BD7-raid

http://www.abit.com.tw/page/uk/downl...YPE=Socket+478