Vista - Sound Cards

I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was wondering
if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.

On Mar 24, 9:05 am, "Mike Sisto" <mikesi...@cox.net> wrote:
> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
> have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was wondering
> if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.

If you can get by for a while without a soundcard, I would wait.
Vista overhaul the way sound works in windows. Wait for new hardware,
new drivers and/or good reviews.

George

I don't believe there is one. Sound output is the biggest problem I've had
with Vista.

"Mike Sisto" <mikesisto@cox.net> wrote in message
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>I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
>have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was
>wondering if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.

For right now, if you have on-board sound use that. You can get most
on-board sound vista drivers. Give it maybe about a year for companies to
develop vista drivers and sound card.

I'm using a Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer, had problems with the new latest
vista driver release from creative at first with vista 32-bit OS. But, I
found a weblink for a driver/software suite that works pretty well with the
card. No problems ever since I installed the full suite.




"Mike Sisto" <mikesisto@cox.net> wrote in message
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>I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
>have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was
>wondering if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.

/Mike Sisto/ said:

> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
> have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was wondering
> if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.

Many cards work in Vista, but features and software may not be _fully_
functional. Eventually this should be overcome. Vista handles sound in
a different manner than its predecessors. Thus, some things that used
to work - don't.

Is what your saying that Vista is not ready for prime time? Many sound cards
were developed before Vista. What are they using on new computers?
"dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
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> /Mike Sisto/ said:
>
>> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
>> have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was
>> wondering
>> if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.
>
> Many cards work in Vista, but features and software may not be _fully_
> functional. Eventually this should be overcome. Vista handles sound in
> a different manner than its predecessors. Thus, some things that used
> to work - don't.

/Ludwig/ said:

> "dev" <dev@null.invalid> wrote in message
> news:uUV9H9ibHHA.4012@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> /Mike Sisto/ said:

>>> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however
>>> seeing as I have been burned twice now by things that are not
>>> compatible I was wondering If anyone can recommend a sound card
>>> with NO issues with Vista.
>>
>> Many cards work in Vista, but features and software may not be
>> _fully_ functional. Eventually this should be overcome. Vista
>> handles sound in a different manner than its predecessors. Thus,
>> some things that used to work - don't. Is what your saying that
>> Vista is not ready for prime time? Many sound cards were developed
>> before Vista. What are they using on new computers?

Mostly on-board audio built into the MB, I would suspect.
It may be more the case that sound card manufacturers are not quite
ready for Vista, in supporting all features previously available to XP
users. But that's only my interpretation. This may interest you...
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...essage.id=1694

you won't believe this! I had a sound card I was going to put in XP Pro; put
it in vista home premium instead, works like a dream.
It is a cheap(AU $25) card:
Cobra AW-840 4 Channel Audio PCI sound Card
Their site: http://www.aopen.com

Mick in Australia

"Mike Sisto" wrote:

> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
> have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was wondering
> if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.
>
>

You can also go to www.windowsvista.com and search through the Hardware
Compatability List (HCL) go through it and pick one.


"Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> you won't believe this! I had a sound card I was going to put in XP Pro;
> put
> it in vista home premium instead, works like a dream.
> It is a cheap(AU $25) card:
> Cobra AW-840 4 Channel Audio PCI sound Card
> Their site: http://www.aopen.com
>
> Mick in Australia
>
> "Mike Sisto" wrote:
>
>> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as I
>> have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was
>> wondering
>> if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.
>>
>>

I got a separate soundcard because my onboard soundmax drivers didn't work.
I installed the X-FI and got some improvement but then I installed an
updated Creative driver and my volume is cut in half. I saw elsewhere that
this was because of a conflict with the on-board audio even that it is
disabled in the bios. Any suggestions for fixing this?

Vista was released too early in my opinion..............

Thanks.



"FLBuilder" <hgerretz@hughes.net> wrote in message
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> You can also go to www.windowsvista.com and search through the Hardware
> Compatability List (HCL) go through it and pick one.
>
>
> "Mick" <Mick@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:B93FB68A-8E3B-4760-9D8A-4D875A7583F4@microsoft.com...
>> you won't believe this! I had a sound card I was going to put in XP Pro;
>> put
>> it in vista home premium instead, works like a dream.
>> It is a cheap(AU $25) card:
>> Cobra AW-840 4 Channel Audio PCI sound Card
>> Their site: http://www.aopen.com
>>
>> Mick in Australia
>>
>> "Mike Sisto" wrote:
>>
>>> I want to buy a sound card for my new Vista computer, however seeing as
>>> I
>>> have been burned twice now by things that are not compatible I was
>>> wondering
>>> if anyone can recommend a sound card with NO issues with Vista.
>>>
>>>
>