Reply 580 of 934, by TheMobRules
appiah4 wrote on 2020-08-19, 13:05:SB Pro has nothing going for it.
Actually it has a lot going for it... a lot of bus noise that is.
I think its fame is due mostly to the fact that it is kind of a standard for sound in 1990-95 PC games + the Creative Labs brand usually drives prices higher regardless of quality. Strangely it is also touted as a "really silent card" while early SB16s are dismissed as "noise blasters", which is something I always found puzzling given the fact that with a SB16 you can at least disable the amp (or use Line Out if present) which gets rid of almost all bus noise.
The SBPro is really nostalgic to me, it was my first sound card and I used one for a long time, but nowadays I find it difficult to ignore its shortcomings.