Alson van der Meulen wrote: > [...] > > I've an Asus KX133, the on-board audio (VIA VT82C686) works quite well with > > ALSA > > (version 0.59d), if you really want OSS, the current stable kernel (2.2.17) > > has only > > support for 8 bit SB emulation, but there is a new driver in the next > > 2.2.18 kernel > > version with full 16 bit support. > > > > On a side note ALSA has a good OSS emulation mode... > Maybe the Gigabyte GA-7ZX(R) (R means RAID support) mainboard an option for > you, kt133 chipset, so duron/tb compatible. the integrated ct5880 chipset > should work ok with both the oss and alsa ens1371 driver. it's probably a > better card then the 'via vt82c686' chipset, according tomshardare.com's > socket a mb test > (http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000919/kt133-16.html) > > maybe this mb is an optin for you, look for more info at > http://www.giga-byte.com/products/pro_new2.htm >
Well, at that time i wasn't looking for a mainboard with integrated audio, my idea was to buy a cheap PCI Soundblaster for sound support, but the output of the VIA isn't bad (i would say that on my ears seems quite good). Maybe for the upgrade... Andrea
