Sonic Fury/ Acoustic Edge/ Audigy... which one?

[Virus]

I am tring to decide wich sound card to get. I am a little leary of the Audigy because I have a KT266A chipset, and I heard the Sonic Fury had major driver problems when it was released, but I am not sure if those have been fixed yet. Please advise me. Thanks.

The game theater would be another option too in adition to the ones in the title.

[Virus]

Please help me because I have an unopened Audigy on my desk now and only have 2 days left before I can return it.

[thestramel]

I can't really describe the sound quality of the Audigy since I don't own one. However, several users in the forum seem to think it's quite a nice card. Unfortunately, there is a definitely a possibility of encountering problems since you're using a KT266A chipset. Apparently, the new chipset didn't alleviate the problems with Creative and Via chipsets.

I do however have a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz (Sonic Fury for those in the UK I believe) and am very happy with the sound quality. No driver problems to speak of and I've had the card for about 7 months. Another plus is that you would save about $30-40 if you returned the Audigy and purchased a Sonic Fury instead. Of course you can always take a small risk and try the Audigy anyway. There's a pretty good chance you wouldn't experience any problems.

[Virus]

Ok, thanks. I think I will get the Fury based off how it is performing for you. http://www.3dsoundsurge.com/ is where I saw a review trashing the Sonic Fury's drivers, just in case you were woundering.

[flaming gerbil]

i've been using the turtle beach card for about six months. no problems, very versatile and sounds good. good luck!

[XprincoX]

As a audigy owner i have to say its probably, IMO the best sndcard out there rite now. Tho u really need some nice speakers to take full advantage of all the whistles and bells on this baby... :D

[DeepScience]

Well if you can add anything to our problems in the 4.1 speaker thread then fire away.

[lonewolf1983]

the audigy would be the way to go
latest soundcard with a proven history (can anyone say SB live!)

there is also no problem with the Audigy and any VIA chipsets
all fixed up!!
:)

[Acko]

Hi Virus

I`ve had all sorts of probs when I bought my Audigy & to cut a very very long story short, I exchanged it for the VideoLogic Sonicfury & got £10-00 back. Best thing I did, it went in like a duck to water. Sounds GREAT as well!!

The Audigy just did`nt want to behave on my system.

I have the Asus A7V266-E I love the board & if I had my choice again I still would`nt change it.

Hope this helps you.

Acko

[Acko]

Virus

Sorry to drag up your old post.
How did you get on with your Audigy? Did you resolve the problem or exchange your card?

Acko