Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:24:36 +0000 From: "O. Hartmann" <ohartman@zedat.fu-berlin.de> To: perryh@pluto.rain.com Cc: ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PCIe audio cards: what is tob be preferred with FreeBSD 8.0/9-CURRENT? Message-ID: <4B5DD3D4.9020000@zedat.fu-berlin.de> In-Reply-To: <4b5d1bef.QEz5a8Mvh7OFA7%2Bl%perryh@pluto.rain.com> References: <4B5C771C.4040605@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> <4b5d1bef.QEz5a8Mvh7OFA7%2Bl%perryh@pluto.rain.com>
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On 01/25/10 04:19, perryh@pluto.rain.com wrote: > "O. Hartmann"<ohartman@mail.zedat.fu-berlin.de> wrote: > >> At this very moment I utilise a M-Audio 5.1 PCI-audio board with >> which I'm really satisfied. My next box doesn't have PCI slots >> at all ... I look for the Soundblaster X-Fi range of PCIe cards, >> > It's possible to get an adapter that plugs into a PCIe slot and > provides a PCI slot, which might enable you to continue using > your current card. I've never actually seen one, so don't know > about the mechanics; it could turn out that it can only be used > by leaving the cover off of the box :( > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > I gues this is he worst scenario I can imagine. I'd ike to spend some money on a new audio card adapted for PCIe, but it should have support both in FreeBSD and Windows. For mplayer/vlc and so forth my M-Audio audio quality was great. This level should be kept in FreeBSD. Regards Oliver
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