Guillemot Maxi Studio ISIS XL

Rating:
Summary: better than expected
Review: I bought this card about two years ago and found it to be an excellent value. It offers an incredible amount of functions for the price. However, I have been extremely frustrated with the manufacturer's attitude regarding providing drivers for Windows 2000 and XP. For the longest time, they would not even comment on the possibility of providing drivers for these two operating systems. I migrated to Windows XP about three months ago and have been checking Guillemot's website for drivers practically on a daily basis. Finally, the company provided a small note to the effect that they will provide no 2000/XP drivers for this card. They blame it on the chipset. I can't figure out what difference that makes!

Rating:
Summary: Don't Buy this Card if You use Windows 2000 or XP!
Review: I bought this card about two years ago and found it to be an excellent value. It offers an incredible amount of functions for the price. However, I have been extremely frustrated with the manufacturer's attitude regarding providing drivers for Windows 2000 and XP. For the longest time, they would not even comment on the possibility of providing drivers for these two operating systems. I migrated to Windows XP about three months ago and have been checking Guillemot's website for drivers practically on a daily basis. Finally, the company provided a small note to the effect that they will provide no 2000/XP drivers for this card. They blame it on the chipset. I can't figure out what difference that makes!

Rating:
Summary: Once tweaked awesome card.
Review: The card was tempermental when on on Windows 98SE, but once I switched to Windows ME and I am now running a Intel 466mhz Celeron with a 5200rpm Harddrive and 128mbs Dimm Ram. And loading the new current drivers from their website, it is now a flawless system. Worth taking the time to configure to your computer it is well worth the effort. Very versatile and works great with Cakewalk Pro 8.

Rating:
Summary: Once tweaked awesome card.
Review: The card was tempermental when on on Windows 98SE, but once I switched to Windows ME and I am now running a Intel 466mhz Celeron with a 5200rpm Harddrive and 128mbs Dimm Ram. And loading the new current drivers from their website, it is now a flawless system. Worth taking the time to configure to your computer it is well worth the effort. Very versatile and works great with Cakewalk Pro 8.

Rating:
Summary: better than expected
Review: When running on Windows 98 and having dedicated hard drives for win,audio and cakewalk this card runs great cant beat it for the price.