[lug] various ???s

[Ferdinand Schmid]

Thanks for this information.

Ferdinand

ljp wrote:

> 6/27/2001 02:07:18, Ferdinand Schmid <fschmid at archenergy.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>>I'd be curious why I failed to ever notice any of these problems!
>>Looks like some people are having problems - I guess just using a sound card 
>>(sound blaster) for casual mp3 and realplayer purposes must not trigger those 
>>problems.
>>
>>Actually for another search I replaced the AMD with Intel in search for 
>>pops+clicks+audio and found among other links this one, which compares different 
>>MOBO architectures for sound:
>>http://members.ozemail.com.au/~oscwilde/PC/pcmb.htm
>>
>>BUT - I'm not a multimedia freak and definitely not a gamer!  I use PCs for work 
>>and not much more.
>>
> 
> I'm not totally against AMD/VIA, I have a few of them in use! I got an Intel/Intel mb because the bugs were present on the motherboard I was using.
> and more noticable when doing several tracks. Several professional audio hardware manufacturers, like Tascam, or RME recommend NOT using 
> VIA/AMD.
> It has to do with high data rates such as when recording/playing multichannel audio. I resigned that mb to do other tasks than multitrack audio. If you are 
> doing normal office type stuff it may not really effect you. VIA has updated windows drivers that deal offer a workaround.
> 
> I have heard users that use VIA/AMD very sucessfully with multi channel audio/video. Unfortunately it seems like its up to chance if you get a good board 
> or not.
> 
> ljp
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