i have that soundcard in that mobo... its cheap, and you get what you pay for (for sound quality at least) plus i had some problems getting all the drivers compiled... i am going to buy a Sound Blaster Live once i get paid, i would recomend the same... (oh and DO NOT use an ISA sound card, the lack of IRQs and the slow bus makes it even worse than the AC97) -munir --- Peter Clark <pc451 at yahoo.com> wrote: > I am strongly considering buying a Soyo K7VTA Pro > mobo: it's cheap, > it's good quality, has an ISA slot, and aside from > the glitch of having > the power cables run a little too close to the > processor, everything I > want. It also has on-board audio (AC '97). My > question is how good (or > bad) is the sound quality? Would you recommend > buying a seperate sound > card? > Ok, I admit, this is a very subjective question. > I like playing MP3s > and audio CDs, but I'm not a audiophile who demands > accoustical > perfection. > BTW, the DukeOfUrl has its tenth Linux buyer's > guide out > (http://www.thedukeofurl.org/reviews/misc/linuxguide10/). > Amazing how > fast prices are falling on them there Athlons, isn't > it? :) > :Peter > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great > prices > http://auctions.yahoo.com/ > _______________________________________________ > tclug-list mailing list > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list ===== -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GAT GIT dpu- s:- a19 C++ UL P+ L+(++) E--- W+ N+ w(--) K? O-- M- V- PS+ PE-(--) Y-- PGP-(---) t 5+++ X R tv-- b+++ D++ DI++ G e+ h+() r- y+ UF++ ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/