Best soundcard for Vista 64?

[smokey23]

I found a vid that shows how to turn on the MIC boost for the realtek HD sound cards if anyone needs it i use sound max so i dont need it.


http://www.pcmech.com/article/hidden-mic-boost-on-realtek-hd-sound-cards/

[drdeathx]

Thanks Tildeath. Some people do not read the entire thread. It seems to be learning where the adjustments are in control panel. Tildeath hit it on the head. This has nothing to do with a "cheap" sound card or driver as you see. READ FIRST THEN REPLY!

[MrRiplEy[H]]

I heard that creative has released updated drivers for Vista that will solve many of the previous problems.

Worth checking out.

As a sidenote I got my first Vista machine yesterday - wife had to get a new Compaq Presario laptop and it came with Vista. Needless to say it ran like crap and she couldn't play toontown with it untill I disabled 4-5 unnecessary services and most importantly windows search that trashed the hd 24/7. After removing other slowdowns like secure desktop and a few window animations and every unnecessary junk from networking it felt as snappy as XP on the desktop. And most importantly it ran toontown online fine.

[drdeathx]

Nice Smokey!


 

[drdeathx]

Awesome Rip!!! TOONTOWN!   

 

[MrRiplEy[H]]

Awesome Rip!!! TOONTOWN!   

 

Yep you wouldn't believe it but 80% of people who play this game are mothers who downloaded the game for their children.

[Chalenge]

Thanks Tildeath. Some people do not read the entire thread. It seems to be learning where the adjustments are in control panel. Tildeath hit it on the head. This has nothing to do with a "cheap" sound card or driver as you see. READ FIRST THEN REPLY!

Hey I was answering Cobra the man that started this thread. You ignored the man that started the entire thread and answered a hijack.

Take your own advice.

[drdeathx]

Good thing you have more than 1 computer Rip.... No more Aces High............



 
 
 

[TilDeath]

Am trying to find one that the mic will work properly with - I found out after getting this SB X-Fi Extreme, that the problem of the mic being extremely soft is a very common problem with it and Vista - driver issue, non-resolvable.  Taking it back and going to try something else. 

This is where my post came in, some folks are not familar with Vista settings and how to actually make things work, then they blame Vista.  I personally use the onboard sound with my Asus and th eVGA boards.  After install, I go into the sounds and do as stated in my last post.  Never a problem. 

[Chalenge]

Cobra is correct in pointing out that there are conflicts with Vista and the card he mentioned. I had the same problem and changed brands after considerable research which I have shared here along with other experiences dealing with Vista.

In this case Vista wasnt the problem but it was clear Creative did not care to support a technology they had already made money on and (besides that) lied about the technology to boot. They still claim this card is 24-bit even after losing the court case proving it is not.

[expat]

Ive ordered a ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 ,i have read good and bad reports on it  .(find me some pc hardware that doesnt )
I will let you know how i get on with it when it arrives .
I went the ASUS route after a very bad time with a creative fatality which was horrible  but funnily enough runs fine with a friends pc    ...oh well

[Chalenge]

Ive ordered a ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 ,i have read good and bad reports on it  .(find me some pc hardware that doesnt )
I will let you know how i get on with it when it arrives .
I went the ASUS route after a very bad time with a creative fatality which was horrible  but funnily enough runs fine with a friends pc    ...oh well

That happens. You probably could have found a conflicting service if you had looked but whether it was something you had to have or not we may never know. The audio quality with Xonar is much higher at least and you should be more then happy with it.

[Cobra516]

Thanks for the replies guys, looks like I will pick up a BlueGears B-Enspirer I guess.   

[Cobra516]

Well - it was my damn mic the whole time - I can't believe it! 

I tested my mic on another PC with XP and it seemed to work ok, but maybe it wasn't working as well as I thought - and the playback volume was just really high. 

I finally found an old headset with mic tonight and hooked it up to the X-Fi Extreme, and the mic came through loud and clear. 

Time for a new headset!  I'm thinking SteelSeries 5h v2.

I feel like an idiot.