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From: John Moore <jmoore5@uswest.net>
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SB live value, works great, sounds great, no problems.
Do NOT get the speakers creative says work great with this for surround sound
Do NOT get cambridge 4 point with subwoofer, they sound soooo bad.
I tried many different settings and they sucked. The fastest Iv'e ever returned
anything.
JM

Falcgtr1 wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> When I was in the market for a 3D video card for GPL, there were a few poor
> choices and one or two that were  a "can't miss" situation.
>
> I chose the 8 meg Hercules Thriller and have been very pleased with it. My
> purchase was entirely based on what more experienced folk posted on the
> subject. Thanks to all of you who spend the time to help us newbies!
>
> Now, I'm thinking of upgrading my soundcard. Two basic questions;
>
>  1)  Are there any certifiable stinkers I should avoid?
>
>  2)  Is there a "can't miss" card that a lot of you use?
>
> Thanks to all, any thoughts or comments, long or short are welcome.
>
> Mike  falcgtr1@aol.com



