[GreenFloyd]

The audigy 2 is giving me hell with some of my games (Far Cry in particular) and the software is kind of annoying. It's not all I had hoped for.

I'm thinking of returning it and getting something better. What's a good overall soundcard for both good music playing and game with EAX supported? I'm thinking the Santa Cruz, but I don't know. Possibly Chaintech or M-Audio? Audigy 1?

Btw, my soundcard before upgrading was a Live! 5.1.

Thanks.

 

[cadobhuk]

There's gonna be Au3 in the near future.Its gonna be something very poweful for games and wont even work thru regular PCI slot due to insufficient data bandwidth

 

[Iron_Dreamer]

The Revo and Chaintech are good options of a compromise of gaming/music, but since they don't have native EAX hardware, there will be a slight CPU hit for games with EAX enabled. But if the A2 ain't workin', then I'd give one of the m a try. Hard not to with the Chaintech's price

 

[Kush_]

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There's gonna be Au3 in the near future

The Audigy 3 better not out-perform the EMU 1212m which should be arriving here soon.

 

[shard]

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Originally Posted by Iron_Dreamer The Revo and Chaintech are good options of a compromise of gaming/music, but since they don't have native EAX hardware, there will be a slight CPU hit for games with EAX enabled. But if the A2 ain't workin', then I'd give one of the m a try. Hard not to with the Chaintech's price

Actually depending on the game and sound settings, the CPU hit can be huge. In general, expect about 10 to 20% less FPS on average on normal settings.

 

[luukas]

The Audiotrack Prodigy 7.1 might be worth checking out...

 

[GreenFloyd]

Isn't the prodigy extremely expensive?

 

[imperator]

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Originally Posted by GreenFloyd Isn't the prodigy extremely expensive?

"At $100USD you get a whole lot of sound card love, almost rediculous.[sic]"