Re: Which sound card

From: Thomas E. Dodd /CSDC (ted@cypress.com)
Date: Mon Jan 17 2000 - 15:27:29 EST


Richard Adams wrote:
>
> On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, Scott Felton wrote about, Which sound card:
> > I run a minimal system here. P166 - 64m RAM - 1.7g HD - Slackware 7.0
> > using Blackbox WM in X. I have never found much need for a sound card
> > but lately I have thought I'd like to play with one in Linux. The dealer
> > I usually buy components from has these (in my price range)...
> >
> > $19.00 S3 Sonic Vibes 617 3D sound PCI bus with wavetable.
> > $15.00 Trident 4DW 3D sound 64 voice PCI bus wavetable
> > $19.00 Ess 938F 3D sound 64 voice PCI bus wavetable
> > $25.00 Creative Lab Sound Blaster 16 Vibra PCI
> > $39.00 Creative Lab Sound Blaster 64 Value edition with 512k PnP wavetable
> >
> > Which of these (if any) would be suitable for a "low performance"
> > choice for my Linux system? Has anyone used any of these with Linux for
> > first hand opinions? Thanks...
> >
>
> As to performance i would imagen they would all come into the same
> catagory, i personaly have a Creative PCI64, i belive all the cards
> mentioned are supported under linux.

I agree. I have a trident based card. Plays great.
I've been using the ALSA drivers.
I think Alan was working on a kernel driver too.

And it's the least expensive of the bunch :)

        -Thomas

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