Should I get another soundcard?
Right now I have the Fatility AN8-Ultra motherboard, which comes with a small audio daughter card (Realteak AC97).
While that works well enough, and I can plug my cases headphone/mic ports into it, I get a slight feedback and hiss through the headphones when the hard disk is running (which means almost all the time). I installed the latest drivers from the realtek website for this card (version 3.98 dated feb 07).
I also have a creative audigy card which gives clear sound with no hiss, but it doesn't have the connection which allows me to plug the case's headphone and mic jack. So I really don't want to go back to using it.
So my options are 1. maybe there's an older but better realtek AC97 driver for my board's daughter card or 2. get another sound card. I ONLY use headphones, so I need a card which gives no hiss, and I need a card that will have the connection to plug my case's headphone and mic jack. X.1 capability is meaningless to me because I only use headphones. Something like that small audio daughter card would be nice, but I'll settle with a PCI card too.
Any ideas? The ABIT forums are down so this is why I'm posting this here.
While that works well enough, and I can plug my cases headphone/mic ports into it, I get a slight feedback and hiss through the headphones when the hard disk is running (which means almost all the time). I installed the latest drivers from the realtek website for this card (version 3.98 dated feb 07).
I also have a creative audigy card which gives clear sound with no hiss, but it doesn't have the connection which allows me to plug the case's headphone and mic jack. So I really don't want to go back to using it.
So my options are 1. maybe there's an older but better realtek AC97 driver for my board's daughter card or 2. get another sound card. I ONLY use headphones, so I need a card which gives no hiss, and I need a card that will have the connection to plug my case's headphone and mic jack. X.1 capability is meaningless to me because I only use headphones. Something like that small audio daughter card would be nice, but I'll settle with a PCI card too.
Any ideas? The ABIT forums are down so this is why I'm posting this here.
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Terratec, mAudio and Auzentech all provide fitting competition to creative. None of them have EAX3 or EAX advanced, but even as an audiophile who can earnestly tell the difference between OGG or MP3, I can appreciate not giving Creative money for awful drivers.
No feedback coming out of the front audio ports now...cruddy audio daughter card.