On Tue, Mar 20, 2007 at 11:13:06PM +0100, Arnold Krille wrote: > 2007/3/20, Paul Winkler <pw_lists@xxxxxxxxxx>: > >Oh well. Any recommendations for a consumer-grade card? > >My needs are modest: > >- a place to attach the cable from my CD-ROM > >- Quake3 can open it using mmap > >- headphone output sounds tolerably decent > >- hopefully will last another 4 years or so :) > >For everything else I use a Delta 66. > > Anything that costs less then 50??? should suffice if there is a > linux-driver for it... Well, not necessarily. mmap support in oss emulation (I forgot to mention that part!) does not seem to be universal, and it's almost the only thing I care about in this card. I play quake3 quite a bit (yes, still!); it's so old it uses OSS only and requires mmap access to the card. Just to name one example that doesn't work, the nVidia CK804 AC'97 on my motherboard mostly works - but mmap doesn't work, so no quake. Some preliminary googling turned up several other cards that apparently won't work for me (AudioScience cards, Fortemedia FM801). -- Paul Winkler http://www.slinkp.com
