Audio: Realtek AC97? Audigy?? Catalina??? Please discuss.

I have an MSI K8T Neo FiS2R (MS-6702) motherboard and I tried using the onboard audio chip - Realtek AC'97. I have the latest motherboard BIOS and I installed the latest Windows drivers for Realtek audio.
I noticed the following problems:
-It stutters VERY badly in games whenever there is a slight CPU hit.
-CD audio just doesn't work at all.
Is it just me or does everyone have these problems with the Realtek AC97?? I'm using Win98 SE so maybe that's part of it.
For now I shut it off in the BIOS and switched to my antique Soundblaster Live! Value card. Despite DestructiveLabs taking a big dump in the registry with the crappy drivers, it sounds much better.
BTW, if anyone has the Turtle Beach Catalina card, please let us know how well it works. I heard it has 8-channel 7.1 support on the cheap ($45), but it doesn't have builtin DSP which could put a burden on the CPU and slow down games.
Is Audigy really worth it? I heard Audigy 2 Platinum is like $170 now. Ouch! And rumor has it that the Audigy drivers cause a lot of issues.

The Catalina is a very nice card based on VIA's Envy24 chip - but it does not have hardware acceleration for 3D audio. For hardware 3D audio, the only viable cards are the Audigy2 series (the Audigy1 had noise problems, the Live! don't always get along with VIA based systems).
Though I'm happy with my Turtle Beach Santa Cruz, there aren't going to be any new drivers released for it as the chip it uses is no longer in production.

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After a month from replacing my mainboard (old board was fried during system shutdown along with PSU), I am starting to experience these weird problems...
I use the onboard AC97 codec on my MSI 865PE Neo2 mainboard which is manufactured by Realtek and reported by the driver as an ALC655 codec...
It all started a week ago when I was playing Far Cry when the all sounds suddenly went dead , I simply exited Far Cry and re-opened it and it was fixed for a while when it went dead once more, so I exited and tried to run WinAmp and listen to my MP3s and again problem was fixed...
But I can't remember exactly when, maybe 2-3 days ago when the sounds starting going dead after a few seconds or a few minutes in ALL DirectX games (RedAlert 2, Toy Story 2 , Generals, Far Cry...everything!), even when running WinAmp, it would suddenly stop playing, and clicking on Play again did absolutely nothing! (does the same with WMP), even MS-DOS based games (ex: RedAlert 1) lose sound, Yet when I logoff Windows XP and logon again, it works once more but cuts off again after a few seconds.) !!
Here's what I've tried:
1. Re-install DirectX 9.0c
2. Re-install Realtek AC97 Audio drivers (original one on mainboard CD)
3. Decreased Sound Acceleration to in DXDIAG
4. Did a fresh install of XP on another partition with just system drivers...
--> And still the same problem !
Note:
1. Even when the sound is dead, when I logoff, Windows XP is magically able to play the logging off sound ! But when I re-logon and start (eg: Far Cry), the sound is immediately cut off after a few seconds !
2. If I continue to play even after the sound is dead, I can occasionally hear the sound suddenly popping back on for just a fraction of a second playing sounds that were supposed to be played when it cut off..., but it doesn't keep that way and pops dead again..
Any suggestions ?? Any help will be really appreciated...

Hey guys !!
--> I just finished downloading this file from MSI LiveMonitor !
>>>> Here's what I've done just now:
--> I removed Realtek AC97 Audio from Windows Device Manager...
--> Downloaded Realtek 5.10.0.5750 driver from MSI LiveUpdate....
--> Installed Driver...
--> It asked for a reboot but I refused...
--> Running my whole MP3 collection in WinAmp!.. Seems that the problem's fixed !!
-> No sound cutting whatsoever till now !! Been playing for 20 min. non-stop...
Here's info ripped from driver pack's README.TXT file:
Version Informations:
WDM driver for Win98/WinMe/Win2000/WinXP : 5.10.0.5750
VXD driver for Win95 : 4.5.0.3019
VXD Software wavetable driver : 3.1.0.0
NT4 driver for Windows NT4 : 4.3.0.3040
NT4 software wavetable driver : 4.3.0.2002
RtlRack for Win98/Me/2000/XP : 1.10.0.0
AvRack for Win95/NT4 : 2003.4.4.1
Realtek Soundman : 5.1.0.30
Realtek Sound Effect Manager(CPL) : 2.2.0.36
Realtek Sound Effect Manager(RtlCpl) : 1.0.1.38
Realtek Sound Effect Manager for NT4 : 2.3.0.3
Driver/Application Setup Program : 5.03
History:
A3.66 -
1. Add some customized settings.
2. Enable Present ICH DMA hang up function in default.
3. Fix WarcraftIII game noise issue.
4. Add a new feature : Don't power taggle PR3 for ALC655 and ALC850.
5. Support swapping center Left function for nVidia CK804 chipset.
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To do list:
-> Will proceed to reboot system now to check for sound drop-outs...
-> Will check for any dropouts in DirectX programs (GAMES!!!)
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Will Realtek AC97 create proble

HI
I am considering purchasing either the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum, or the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer internal sound cards. I have an Intel Pentium 4 computer which came with the realtek built in sound chip on a Bit IS7-E2 motherboard. The operating system is Windows XP Pro with SP2.
I have read that I need to disable the Realtek through bios. I have been unable to find any settings to let me do this when I go into bios set up.
My computer came with an Intel Pentium 4 processor (3GHZ), and Gig of memory, and a 60 gig hard dri've. There is also a feature called called hyper threading.
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Aron

Thanks for the information. I found the "onChip Audio Controller" buried in integrated peripherals/OnChip Pci Device/OnChip Audio controller.
Once I disable the audio controller, is it necessary to remove all of the other related items such as Audio codecs, Legacy audio drivers, Realtek ac97 audio, usb audio device? I found these in system/device manager/sound vidio and game controllers.
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Thanks again for your assistance.
Aron

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Realtek ac97

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i dont know whre to put it so i put it here......
anybody have sound with this card? ive got asus a6rp, realtek ac97
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Inspire T7900 and realtek AC97 subwoofer problems

Hi everyone,
I am not sure if anyone had the same problem, I recently purchased a set of 7.1 T7900 and I have a Realtek AC97 on board card.
The subwoofer works for some time then stop, then it goes again. I tried all the configuration possible, I updated the drivers. I even tried another computer (unfortunately another realtek for laptop). I swapped cables, I used another cable.
I can't figure out what makes it stop (or working).
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Realtek AC97 STRANGE problem..

Yes. Everything seems okay. Realtek AC97 Sound is chosen everywhere, and everything seems perfect.
There is just no sound. Not even a "Click" when i turn mute on and off. Nothing at all..
When i look at the inputs on my board, i can see red light in the optical input, so i guess that the onboard sound is not broken.. :S
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64-bit Realtek AC97 Audio Driver

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People from Realtek have just sent me an e-mail with 64-bit Windows XP drivers for their AC97 Audio Codec. The file is 153 KiB in size and the driver is of version 5.10.00.5365 and is dated 12/10/2003.
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Hi, I’m having problems uninstalling my sound driver that’s on my MSI K8N NEO4-F. When I choose to remove it in Add/Remove Programs in the Control Panel I get the following error message:
(I’m translation this from Swedish so if some word has the wrong synonym or is grammatically incorrect the reason is because English is my second language.)
>SetupDLL\SetupDLL.cpp (390)
pAPP:Realtek AC’97 Audio
PVENDOR:Realtek Semiconductor Corp.
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$11.0.0.28844
@Windows XP Service Pack 2 (2600) IE 6.0.2900.2180
Another error message follows:
An error has occurred in the uninstall program.
Do this:
-Close all open program.
-Clean temp folder.
-Control your internet connection
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The reason I want to uninstall the driver is because I couldn’t get my microphone to work with the onboard soundcard. So I've put in my old Sound Blaster Live 5.1 and it works a lot better, but it only works after I have done a "Hardware Test" in Properties for “Sound and Sound units” in the Control Panel. The microphone sometimes stops working while I’m using Ventrilo and I have to redo the “Hardware Test” to get it to work which is very annoying.
I would really appreciate any help with this problem.
/Regards Thor-Björn

The drivers are disabled in BIOS and I tried to remove the drivers in Safe Mode but got the same error messages. However, I DLed a program called Driver Cleaner Pro and removed Realtek AC 97 Drivers. This did not fix my microphone problems though! Anyone know how I can get the microphone working without having to do Hardware Tests? And what could it be that fixes the problem when I do a Hardware Test?

Realtek AC97 Audio Drivers Not Working!

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I recently had a HD crash and I was forced to format it. I installed everything just as the first time, and everything worked fine except the audio drivers. The problem is, it does actually install the drivers, but when I look at Sound Options or Device Manager there are no drivers for the soundcard. It says installation is complete and then I restart the computer, and when I try to update with MSI Live Monitor 3, it says I got the latest drivers installed. STILL doesnt work.
Does anyone have a hint about the problem? Any virus? On another note Norton discovered viruses on my computer, even though I had installed the antivirus-software before connecting to internet\network. This is what it found:
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motherboard broken??
Possibly. One way to try is see if it works fine with different os'es. If you can download knoppix's latest version (which I hope supports the onboard audio, like my new fedora linux does) and try it, then you can find out if the sound works or not.
Knoppix is a kind of special linux that you don't have to install, it just runs off of a cd.
On another note, I find that if I run live update, or open live monitor and search for new drivers, my sound is cut off whether I update or not till the next reboot.

Is it just me or is the Realtek AC97 audio codec...

...painfully crap. OK, to get Dolby Digital sound on a relatively cheap motherboard (I have a KT4AV) is all well and good, but it seems to me that the drivers I keep downloading from the Realtek website get buggier and buggier by the day. The latest drivers can't even handle CD playback through Media Player without stuttering, and in almost every game I have with an FMV intro, the sound stutters. These days, I just stick with the drivers that were found on the CD, but someday, they will have to be upgraded. Since Realtek don't have a forum or a European e-mail address, I thought I'd let my frustrations out here
Has anyone else been having the same problems? Has anyone come up with a solution (other than sticking with the original drivers)?
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Raven13601:
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