Whatever you do Don't get the sonic vibes. I had one it sucked bad. I would go
for the sb64 or the ess.
Mike
"Thomas E. Dodd /CSDC" wrote:
> 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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