Blackmagic audio monitoring vs sound blaster audio monitoring?

hi everyone
i have a question. is it better to monitor audio via my speakers plugged into the creative sfx soundblaster sound card (which is what i am doing at present)or is it better to monitor audio via my speakers plugged into the intensity pro (blackmagic video card) ??
or does it not really matter?
i use a pair of phillips pc speakers at present. the speakers are of quite high quality and were not cheap when i bought hem. around 150 euros.
what are the advantages/disadvatages of either method??
cheers
angus

Today the biggest reason to create a non-Blackmagic Design project is that any Blackmagic Design project drops a lot of frames in any project which makes it frustrating to edit. This did not happen as often in CS3, but in CS4 it happens even on native Blackmagic Design footage with no filters on it, all the time. Yes, they do have a setting that allows the user to continue the playback despite any dropped frames, but it has no function in the 3.1 and 3.1.2 drivers, at least not on Vista 64-bit. It did work in CS3 and Vista 64-bit.
The HDD's can sustain the data required, so its not a HDD issue. I dont know who to blame, Blackmagic Design drivers or the playback engine in CS4. Since older machines that played back HDV in CS3 without problems struggles with the very same footage in CS4 it seems that Adobe is the one to blame.
Besides that i have no other reason to use a non-Blackmagic Design Timeline.
AFAIK, you can edit 10-bit footage with the Intensity card. You cannot capture 10-bit footage though so its a catch22. Look at the Decklink series instead.
/Roger

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