If I were you I would wait a while before buying. Vista really
overhauled the way sound functions in Windows. The sound hardware
venders are still playing catch-up. Wait for new hardware, new
drivers and favorable reviews. Realtek might even release new drivers
that improves there sound.
George
On Mar 22, 6:56 am, "Pete" <peter.mathe...@trhitc.co.uk> wrote:
> I had a Soundblaster Live 5.1 Card which I had to throw due to unsupported
> drivers.
> I have a new motherboard now. Asus M2A-MVP saying it fully supports Vista.
>
> I have the latest 64bit drivers installed for the High Definition Audio
> Device from Realtek and I'm having problems with my rear speakers.
>
> Tests on the RealTek software produce sound to all speakers correctly, but
> using the "Speakerfill" option I get very muddy sounds on my back speakers.
> With my SB Live speakers I had perfect sound coming from all 5 speakers even
> If I was playing only stereo audio.
> This also happens in Games with very quiet / muddy sounds coming from the
> back speakers.
>
> I'm thinking about buying a new soundcard, but I'm not sure where to go. My
> new motherboard doesn't have a plain PCI slot anymore. It has 2x PCI-E 16x,
> 1 PCI-E x1, and 2 PCI 2.0 slots.
>
> Should I buy a regular PCI soundcard (soundblaster audigy 2 or something)
> and plug that into the PCI-E x1 slot?
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