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urinal cake
11-13-2001, 03:58 AM
Moving from a motherboard with ISA slot to onw without, so I need to ditch my venerable SB16ISA and get a PCI card. All I need something that plays nicely with Mandrake 8.0, does stereo, and is cheap. How are some of the older PCI Sound Blasters? All I need is stereo for a little music through my crappy desktop speakers, and stereo for my headphones when I play games. I'd prefer something under $50. I was looking at the Guillemot Maxi Muse, but it doesn't look like it's got Linux drivers. Please chime in with your suggestions.
The Whizzard
11-13-2001, 04:18 AM
You should be able to find a SB128 for under $50 no problem.
danrees
11-13-2001, 04:38 AM
Also using the Soundblaster 128 PCI with no problems whatsoever.
J-Tek
11-13-2001, 05:04 AM
Im not sure if it makes a difference on Mandrake but the Hercules Muse XL is NOT supported on RH. I had to switch to a SoundBlaster PCI 512. works really well,too
urinal cake
11-13-2001, 02:47 PM
Thank you all for your replies. I'm heading out today to get a SB512 PCI, I think.
Choozo
11-13-2001, 03:32 PM
My SB 1024 Live! plays just fine on my Mandrake 8.0 (no problems on any version of Mandrake I have tried).
Cheers :)
teeitup
11-13-2001, 03:52 PM
The Creative Esonique PCI works well. ESS1371 chip. Less than $30.00
Good Luck,