Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Apr 29 '01
Pros: Good price, surround sound, optical out
Cons: Driver problems, No Win2k support, can't handle high frequency sound, dodgy microphone in
Summary: After downloading some new drivers for my SB AWE 32, the sound went to hell on my computer. It was so terrible, I frankly don't want to talk about it.
The card was 6 years old and had certainly had a good innings so I strode in a my local ... read more
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Jan 30 '01
Pros: Cheap, various 3d sound format support, 4 speaker and digital out
Cons: Lacking Win2K support, driver updates slow
Summary: I bought this sound card when I built a new computer. I picked it mainly for its price and 4 speaker and digital output support. I paid about $50 about 6 months ago.
Hardware
This card is based on Yamaha's YMF7xx chipset (if you ... read more
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Jan 29 '01
Pros: Good price, easy install. Digital out.
Cons: Poor Capture, not Win2K compatible.
Summary: I picked up a set of 3D surround sound speakers with sub woofer. The only thing left to get was the sound card to support it. I wasn't looking to spend a ton of money, and this card fit the bill. Four months later, I'm looking for a new card.
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Oct 14 '00
Pros: price, some hardware effects, quad sound
Cons: if you want perfect sounding audio it has some downfalls in quality
Summary: I bought this card from Best Buy about 6 months ago for 49 dollars. Considering you could get the SB 512 for 20 bucks more makes this card not as good of a deal as it could be. It is only a 16 bit card. It has built in hardware processing of a few ... read more
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Aug 21 '00
Pros: Supports all 3d audio formats, cheap
Cons: sub-par sound quality on music
Summary: I believe this is Guillemot's first try in the soundcard area. The definitely make a good run at it. If you look at the features of this card it looks like a contender. It uses a new yamaha chipset that is the first to support DirectSound, EAX and A3D, ... read more
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