i'm using a SB 5.1 audigy with kx driver. looks like it's broken now (still investigating though..). pls suggest me a good (but cheap ) SC which is a good balance for music/movie/games & some music production as well (sequencers, VSTs..). i know historically SB cards are good for games but musicians hate them because of the latency & poor performance/control. i hv been using kx driver which somehow does improve the performance. so should i buy another SB again or what? i do have a usb audio interface but this normally is for my laptop.

btw, what kind of card slot we have these days? my SC is still using the old PCI u know

cheap as in under RM500

hmm.. most recommendation are for pure musician use. i'm trying to find something of balance. i got a 5.1 pc spk system which i still intend to use. all those external interface normally only have stereo line out/headphone out which are more suitable for monitor type spk & not pc spk. i guess i still gotta look at SB one, i'm afraid.

i'm looking at maybe SB PCI-express X-Fi titanium (RM3xx) which said to support low latency ASIO?

not really for gaming but more for music/movie playback with occasional music work. my current SB with kx driver seems ok for my needs. for more serious music work (midi keybrd & guitar) i already have a decent audio interface which i use together with my laptop. asus xonar looks good as well & seem to have good support for ASIO. i'll have a look at it. is this easily found in low yat? is the price range similar to SB?

yeah i did use ASIO4ALL on my SB before. but after i found out about kx driver, i use it instead. it got it's own ASIO driver

i agree with all yr points here. as i said i already hv a USB audio interface for serious music making on a laptop. i'll look at some of the SB card & asus xonar which support ASIO. i think i should be fine with either brands, for lite music making (hopefully)

any comment on this card :

http://www.audiotrak.net/products/prodigy71hifi/

one shop list it at RM400