Best pci sound card for linux - Linux Setup, Configuration & Administration

[David.]

Hi All;

I have been talking up linux with friends, we all play americas army a
FPSer. I finally got around to installing v1.7, the graphics seem a
lot better than on winxp pro. But the sound has a three second delay.

My system is

msi k7t turbo2 (ms-6330) v5 Bios upgraded.
cpu Athlon 2400+ (running at 1990)
1.5gig SDRAM
on board sound (AC97)
80g HDD (/, /home, swap) slave drive, Redhat 8 (would redhat 9 make
anydiff)
80g HDD (winxp pro) master drive
Dual booted, but need floppy boot disk to boot linux

I have done a search on the web and it seems I will need to use a pci
sound card. Which will be the best sound performer for linux?

[will]

In article <com>, David E Goble wrote:
 

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well, i don't normally reply to cross-posts, but the answer to this one is
very simple!

the onboard sound should be the equivalent of a pci sound card. why do you
think you'll need an extra one?

will

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[David.]

On 10 Oct 2003 08:13:45 GMT, will kemp <swaggie.net> wrote: 
>
>the onboard sound should be the equivalent of a pci sound card. why do you
>think you'll need an extra one?
>[/ref]
Hi will;

Well, because the onboard sound is great except in americas amry (a
FPSer) the sound has around a 3 second delay... and reliase on the
ALSA drivers... Not the best :<

Unless there is another solution...?