On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 04:23:41PM -0600, Peter Clark wrote: > I went to Best Buy last night and spotted two > possibilities: a Creative Labs Sound Blaster 16 PCI and Sound Blaster PCI > 512. My question is this: is there any compelling reason to pay $20 more for > the 512? IMO, no. IIRC, the SB16PCI is ES1371 based (or is it 1370?), which is the single chipset I most love to use under linux. Load the driver and It Just Works. -- When we reduce our own liberties to stop terrorism, the terrorists have already won. - reverius Innocence is no protection when governments go bad. - Tom Swiss