On Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 22:07, Kai Vehmanen wrote: Kai, Many thanks for the reply.
> On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Peter L Jones wrote: > > I don't want to have to learn about DSPs and stuff to be able to identify > > a _good_ sound card. I've currently got a shortlist for my next machine: > > * MidiMan Delta Audiophile 2496 (Envy24) > > * Creative SB PCI 128 (ES1371) > > I've used both of these extensively with JACK and numerous other ALSA apps > and they work really well (full-duplex, low-latency use). Other > soundcards/chipsets that I've used: > Heh. Now, one of these I have in my machine ((PII vintage) Celeron 400) already. The other would set me back £150. Your comment makes me think there's little to choose between them. So, simply upgrading my soundcard from a £15 low end consumer-oriented unit to something costing 10 times the price looks like getting me nothing. Or am I missing something? :-( > - snd-intel8x0 (nice chipset, is suitable for low-latency use) > - snd-cs4281 (good for low-latency although has a max two-interrupts > per buffer limitation which can confuse apps) > - GUS MAX (this very, very old ISA-card can still beat a number of > today's crappy chipsets... I don't know whether to cry or laugh ;)) I noticed that the ENS1371 seems to have a better rating on one site I looked than to EMU10K, so this doesn't surprise me! > > Cards that I have no personal experience with, but I've heard very > good things about: > > - RME Digi9652 > > Beware: > > - SB AWE models (ugh, crap!) > - Yamaha YMF7xx/DS-XG (some have reported that these work ok, > but in any case they have a max 3 periods limitation > similar to cs4281, which can confuse apps) > > All in all, most of the PCI-cards supported by ALSA have fairly good > drivers. But how do I compare one card with another? What should I be looking for? How can I tell which will reduce the load on my computer and which will increase the load? Is there any difference?
