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markp1989
October 23rd, 2008, 04:13 PM
installed mpd on my torrent slave, and sound from the onbord sound is ****, so im looking for a PCI card, that will just work, any make/model recomandations ?
markp1989
October 24th, 2008, 09:12 PM
bump?
I-75
October 24th, 2008, 09:16 PM
E-bay or Micro Center
stmiller
October 25th, 2008, 04:14 AM
Cards with the ICE1712 chip are fantastic in Linux. Can't beat the m-audio audiophile 2496.

A 'cheap' sound card will not be any better than what you currently have (onboard). Perhaps worse...
gn2
October 25th, 2008, 11:02 AM
This should fit the bill: http://www.ebuyer.com/product/98938

I have one and with Ubuntu 8.04 it was a simple case of fit card, plug in speakers, boot PC and it worked immediately with no user input whatsoever.

I use it with a pair of Gigaworks T20's and the sound is pretty good. http://www.ebuyer.com/product/104071