[mdlug] sound card recommendation?

[Michael Rudas]

--- Dean wrote:

> Hello, I'm looking for a sound card that above all, will be easy to install.

Good soundcards that are easy to install include Creative Labs'
"SoundBlaster Live!" and the Ensoniq-based "SoundBlaster PCI" series
-- they are well-supported under Linux -- you can find good ones used
for as little as $5-10.  They have an advantage over other cheap sound
cards in that they actually have sound processing chips -- most cheap
cards and on-board sound processors use AC '97 codecs that use too
much CPU processing power.  While that's less of an issue now than it
used to be, I still HATE to use CPU cycles for things that are best
off-loaded to dedicated chips...

~~ Michael Rudas
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