Sound Card On G5 1.8dp, Sound Card Advice Options

[unexpectedaaron]

I just bought a G5 Dual Processor Mac, and am in the market for a sound card.

I've searched and browsed the forums looking for advice, and found many topics on what cards don't work (such as the M-Audio and Delta-44) with the new G5's, but not much on what does work.

I don't need much from my sound card. Mostly I want to have an additional sound output port, so I can use it with Live or DJ software so I can save the built in port for cueing sounds. Maybe later it might be nice to have a midi input, or a surroud sound outport, but that's not essential for now.

I'm looking for something inexpensive, under $200.

With my last system I tried a usb adapter, but man that thing blows and is always cutting out. Hoping that an internal card would work better.

Any advice?

[Fixed1t]

HI,
I was lucky enough not to be able to get a G5 at the time I was waiting to put my RME hammerfall card in it I say lucky because the old RME cards ie PCI cards are PCI-X killers. In the interim I found some pages a dead G5's with RME cards arc welded into the PCI slots.

The great news is RME do a free conversion on the cards, I sent it to Germany and 5 days later it was back. It works in the G5 like a dreamer and with no chirps or squeaks.

The motto is make sure the card is PCI-X compatible if it isn't at best it won't work at worst you could have a fire.