Upgrading to an AMD X2 3800+ CPU and RS690G mainboard to save power, have fanless operation and a tad more speed (currently single core 3000+). As my current mainboard has a Via chipset, I may have to reinstall XP from scratch anyway.
Is there any point in going to Vista?
Main problem: there is no Vista driver for either my M-Audio Delta 410 (needed for Soundeasy) or my ESI Quatafire 610 (my highest quality D/A and A/D with <115 dB THD and - 135 dB noise floor, used for measurements and Thuneau playback).
I have read snippets that most (all?) XP drivers will install on Vista 32 and that one can disable the signature feature on Vista 64 (but am not sure whether that applies to 32 bit drivers or uncertified 64 bit beta drivers).
One guy at the ESI support forum said he got the Quatafire 1.19 XP drivers running with "minor modifications" but failed to say what those were or what version of Vista he was running.
Is there any point in going to Vista?
Main problem: there is no Vista driver for either my M-Audio Delta 410 (needed for Soundeasy) or my ESI Quatafire 610 (my highest quality D/A and A/D with <115 dB THD and - 135 dB noise floor, used for measurements and Thuneau playback).
I have read snippets that most (all?) XP drivers will install on Vista 32 and that one can disable the signature feature on Vista 64 (but am not sure whether that applies to 32 bit drivers or uncertified 64 bit beta drivers).
One guy at the ESI support forum said he got the Quatafire 1.19 XP drivers running with "minor modifications" but failed to say what those were or what version of Vista he was running.
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