The SB16 PCI, by virtue of it's PCI interface has a lower latency when dealing with data xfers.
That said, the SB16 PCI card is a "junk" card for most intents and purposes. It's noisy as hell, doesn't have a lot of features, etc. It was produced as a foray into the PCI sound card market. The SB16 was to be a low end "value" (read as cheap as can be) card. The AWE 64 was designed to be the high end of the ISA sound cards, featuring the Synth chip, memory module support, gold plated contacts, etc. Though still quite noisy and relatively plagued by higher latencies, it's the better of the two cards. Frankly though, if I were you I'd toss both and grab a SBLive Value. The Value offers everything the SBLive 5.1 does except the bay. The entire SBLive line is built on a single chip. The variations are in final assembly, the add on bay, and packaging. Though not as clean as the Audigy (and it still suffers from phaze inverted rear channels, REALLY, why won't Creative fix this!) it's still a pretty good deal for the 40.00 you can get it for nowadays as an OEM card. -JMS |-----Original Message----- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of audiofreek |Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2001 9:10 PM |To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |Subject: [newbie] The Best Sound Blaster | | | I have two spare Creative Sound Blaster cards and one system |to put it on so I decide to use both. One is an AWE 64 ISA, |the other an SB16 PCI. | | Dilemma: | | Both sound good on Quake, xmms and basic sound servers..or do they? | | The different mixers give the AWE64 a bit more |tweakability, including | 3D sound. | But if I listen closely I hear less skishing or metal |slicing sounds on | the SB16 and I think it has built-in 3D sound. | I have subwoofers so I can't really tell which gives better bass | quality. | | I just want to hear some opinions from people who use |these two cards, | which is the best sound blaster. (other than the SBLive!, |of course) | | The $$ on a SB Live is a bit 8-( at this point for me. | | |Anyone....Any help...Anytime. | |__________________________________ |www.edsamail.com | |
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