Audigy 2: Electric Boogaloo

Bignuts · 09-23-2002, 12:09 PM

http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/n...2791136,71743,

jtroutma · 09-23-2002, 03:59 PM

Nice..... Now if they can just get rid of the whole VIA chipset problem, it would be perfect!

Sorry for the pestimism, but I have had nothing but problems with my last few Creative cards; the Live 5.1 and the Audigy that I got a while back.

Can O' Beans · 09-23-2002, 10:49 PM

It's not really just a problem with the VIA chipsets, the sound blaster cards just have a very poor compatability rating in general. They deffinately have nice features, but I've had problems with them of some sort in every single system I've ever built.

jtroutma · 09-24-2002, 12:06 AM

When I have used them in Intel based machines, they seem to work just fine.

But I have to agree, I have been really disappointed in their products ever since they started using their new EAX chips.....
From what I understand, they bought out another company that made some nice audio chips and then slapped them on their board and called it a day

(Figuratively, of course)

IMHO they need to go back to their original ways and make their own chips and get back to their SB16 - SB64AWE quality products.

09-23-2002, 12:09 PM	#1
Bignuts Cooling Savant Join Date: Mar 2001 Posts: 155	Audigy 2: Electric Boogaloo http://www.ocworkbench.com/ocwbcgi/n...2791136,71743,

09-23-2002, 03:59 PM	#2
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	Nice..... Now if they can just get rid of the whole VIA chipset problem, it would be perfect! Sorry for the pestimism, but I have had nothing but problems with my last few Creative cards; the Live 5.1 and the Audigy that I got a while back. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

09-24-2002, 12:06 AM	#4
jtroutma Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 837	When I have used them in Intel based machines, they seem to work just fine. But I have to agree, I have been really disappointed in their products ever since they started using their new EAX chips..... From what I understand, they bought out another company that made some nice audio chips and then slapped them on their board and called it a day (Figuratively, of course) IMHO they need to go back to their original ways and make their own chips and get back to their SB16 - SB64AWE quality products. __________________ Athlon64 X2 4200+ @ 2.5Ghz (250FSB x 10) OCZ VX 1GB 4000 @ 250FSB (6-2-2-2 timmings) DFI LANParty nForce4 Ultra-D SCSI Raid 5 x (3) Cheetah 15K HDDs LSI Express 500 (128MB cache) OCZ PowerStream 520W PSU ATI X850XT PE (Stock) DTEK WhiteWater + DTEK Custom Radiator Eheim 1250

09-23-2002, 10:49 PM	#3
Can O' Beans Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Pa - USA Posts: 264	It's not really just a problem with the VIA chipsets, the sound blaster cards just have a very poor compatability rating in general. They deffinately have nice features, but I've had problems with them of some sort in every single system I've ever built.

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