KT133A + SB Audigy2 - What should I expect?

The motherboard in question is a Gigabyte 7ZXE (Socket A) with a KT133A chipset. I just ordered a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and am expecting it in a few days. I've heard that there were many issues (data corruption, instability, no POST) with the SB Live and Audigy1 cards when paired with KT133 motherboards.

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The motherboard in question is a Gigabyte 7ZXE (Socket A) with a KT133A chipset.
 
I just ordered a Sound Blaster Audigy2 and am expecting it in a few days. I've heard that there were many issues (data corruption, instability, no POST) with the SB Live and Audigy1 cards when paired with KT133 motherboards.
 
Did these issues solely affect the KT133 chipsets? Were these issues sorted out in the Audigy2 cards?
 
I appreciate any info given.

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Bro with all due respect puting an Audigy 2 on that board is like puting a Ferrari engine in a Ford Pinto.
 
You will have issues.

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Heh. Good analogy. What sound card would you recommend, then?

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Look into the Fortissimo series, I would stay away from the High end ones,.
 
Also maybe Santa Cruz, which is an excellent card and I ran that on that chipset with no issues.

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i all ready did this change to a customer with the same motherboard and is running good

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I have a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum sound card in my SOYO KT133A board and I have experienced no problems at all.
No problems, great 3D sound, no corruption. And the drivers for the SBLive! from Creative (WinXP) are almost a year old (July 2002). You would think they would have posted a fixed driver if there were problem.

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Do not listen to the ones who want to play it safe. Everything goes as long as someone is trying hard enough
 
There was a review of some processors from 100mhz to 3,06GHZ and they actualy tried a ATI RADEON 9700 on a Pentium 100 (It had 14fps in quake3).
 
Never mind, my friend has a liteon 48x burner on a pentium 166.

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The Audigy2 is installed and so far, so good. The computer booted fine, I prompty disabled my AC97 onboard sound, installed the drivers, and updated to the latest ones. No crashes, BSODs, or any other unusual behavior.