Sound Card-which to pick, on budget.

[Windsor]

The choices I have are:

the X-Gamer for $90

the OEM 5.1 SB Live for $50

the Santa Cruz by Turtle Beach for $76

Which is the better value, etc. This will be on a new box. Replies appreciated, if they're relevant!

[Grimm]

I had problems with a Turtle beach card with my Asus motherboard.
I had to use a Muse instead.
For what it's worth.

[MarkR]

I'd go with the Live OEM.

Mark

[Windsor]

OR, I could go with on board sound with the 8k7a, does anyone know how well that works?

[ChrisMG187]

Hey, MP3+ @ CompUSA for $70

[cruelpupet]

live value/oem they are all the same pretty much(the SB line) just diff software

[Scojo]

It's also worth considering the Philips "Edge" line of cards, unless you need Linux support. Philips doesn't have Linux drivers, yet. I've got one and I love it. If you are stuck with only the cards on your list, I'd get the SB card.

Scojo

[yippiekiyeh]

If your being price conscious it's definitely SB live value. Heck brown bag it for a 2 weeks and you can probably have enough extra to afford the sbl gamer 5.1.

[ken]

I have the cheapest philips card, and it works. Had some win2000 problems, but they seem to have disappeared after a second install. It was only $20 after a $10 rebate. I'd go with philips if you can find such a deal (b/c it looks like you just want a card that will get the job done).