Best Sound Card for Vista 64?

Converge · 21 Dec 2007 at 15:41

At the moment i have the X-Fi Xtreme gamer sound card installed in my PC, but even with the new Vista 64 drivers that creative have put out, it still makes crackly noises and popping sounds sometimes. Even the software interface is worse...

Is there actually a card out there that doesn't do this, that has been built with Vista in mind?

If so, i think i might try upgrading to it!

helmutcheese · 21 Dec 2007 at 16:07

I have Zero issues with the X-FI Fatality Champion Pro and cant live without the Front Line
Drive Panel now esp for TV-Out. (I never did have the 4GB Ram+Vista issue anyhow), fixed by last months drivers for others.

Do you have any PCI Latency settings in your Bios ?.

With 2 3rd Party Apps I have a great set up now for my Soundcard.

http://www.freewebs.com/spectra9/xfmc.html

http://melloware.com/products/intelliremote/

Converge · 21 Dec 2007 at 16:36

Cool thanks for the links, i like the looks of the first one

What do i do if i have some PCI latency settings in my Bios then, do i need specific settings?
Does it affect things like my sound card enough to produce audio issues like i described then if not set correctly?

Hmmm, maybe they'll fix the crackly noise in future driver releases, if there are any... :eek:

helmutcheese · 21 Dec 2007 at 17:12

I cant remember as I never had issues, but seem to remember a Latency of 32 (not 100%, hopefully someone can chime in).

Minstadave · 21 Dec 2007 at 17:57

Its weird, I've got the Xtreme Gamer and 4GBs of RAM, works perfectly for me, was going to recommend it before I read the OP.

Converge · 21 Dec 2007 at 18:31

Well it was fine for about a month, but all of a sudden, it's started doing it :confused:

T1rez · 21 Dec 2007 at 23:05

Sounds like you might just have a bad connection between the mobo and sound card.. I would take the soundcard out and make sure the connectors are clean.. and then vacum around the slot to get dust out..

Some times speakers produce pops if there is a surge in electrical power (like i light being switched off some where round the house)

bledd · 21 Dec 2007 at 23:09

my xfi sounds crappy in vista (if i do anything that's averagely cpu intensive, like open a steam game, winamp will stutter, on the same machine in xp, does it no problem)

just the new audio stack :/

mk17 · 21 Dec 2007 at 23:46

I've got the XFi-Xtreme Gamer and 8GBs of RAM, also works fine for me on V64-Ultimate, but I did have about three weeks of unworkable sound when I built this thing in September. Creatives latest (from October or so) solved the problem nicely.

[edit]have a go on here...[/edit]

rolypolyman · 22 Dec 2007 at 01:51

Xfi-Fat Gamer 4Gb ram Vista Premium 64 with no probs. Did have to mess around with drivers though finally settling on these, 6.0.1.1272 dated 5/3/2007.