On Tue, 22 Oct 2002, Peter L Jones wrote:
> On Tuesday 22 Oct 2002 17:42, Paul Winkler wrote: > > On Tue, Oct 22, 2002 at 11:14:52AM +0100, Steve Harris wrote: > > > I can't answer this properly, but there is some issue to with mmap mode I > > > believe. It is a very small number of cards that dont work. > > > > We should compile a list of them, and maybe put it in the JACK FAQ. > > > > --PW > I'd much rather have a list of current cards that work _well_ than a lists of > cards that don't. > > The current ALSA card list just says whether or not a card has a driver (and > the state of that driver). It doesn't indicate how well the card is going to > work. > > I don't want to have to learn about DSPs and stuff to be able to identify a > _good_ sound card. I've currently got a shortlist for my next machine: > * MidiMan Delta Audiophile 2496 (Envy24) > * VideoLogic SonicFury OEM (CS4360) > * Creative SB PCI 128 (ES1371) > > I've read the specs and looked around various review sites. Nothing anywhere > tells me how well they're going to work. Or does it? Am I failing to find > some secret source of information? > As I just wrote on the pd-list, I have very good experience with the built-in sound on nforce-cards. The msi k7n420pro and asus a7n266-vm. 128 frames per period in jack works totally fine for realtime recording/processing/playing. Even 64 frames nearly works fine. --
