Khron

I read a review of this board a few weeks back, in "comparison" to an Audigy4, from a gamer's / low-budget musician's point of view. It seems to be a pretty good board. The ADC is miles better than the one on the Audigys (and that's a big +, for recording purposes - low SNR).

It accelerates 3d audio (EAX AdvancedHD) in software, but an extra 4% processor load never killed anyone, right?

I recently gathered enough cash to get one of these babies, but I'm interested in two things:

1) 2nd, 3rd etc opinions on this card.

2) Can anyone find out the pinout for the white 10-pin connector in the upper right of the board?? It's for connecting some daughterboard, and it should contain the S/PDIF In and Out.

Regeneration

Well I'm using the HDA Digital X-Mystique 7.1 and I'm still happy with it.
You can read the review here

Khron

Good for you, but i don't think the Mystique is 40$

I'm really considering buying this SB Live 24bit... And i'm real curious of "human" opinions (as in "not necesarily reviews") I'll one day use it for a mini-recording-studio

squall_leonhart

audigy 2 owns the sb 24 bit

squall_leonhart

Sb 24 bit doesn't have an onboard EAX processor its all done by the cpu which slows gaming down slightly

Audigy 2/4 has onboard EMU10k2/3 processors

Khron

Audigy's are WELL OVER 80$... This little guy is just 30-40$..


And i asked for opinions / experiences regarding THIS card.. i don't give a rat's a** about Audigys (either one of'em..)...

squall_leonhart

ok, well if you want a card that bogs your cpu down whenever you play any EAX compatible games then fine, get the SB live 24 bit

i actually took mine back and went back to my SB Live! 5.1 much better in eax and sounds better as well

Khron

Ok.. anyone else?

3j3ct

use onboard sound

Khron

I'm serious.. Read my initial post carefully...