Which sound card should I get?

[Which sound card should I get?]

If any one remembers, I asked a simmaler question about a month ago here. Now I want to know what everyone's fav sound card/brand for Linux is. Here are some 'perfect 'nux card' criteria:

 

-Open Source driver, to ensure it is up-to-date

-Should also be possible to compile it, as I am into Gentoo at this time

-Should be easy to compile/configure

-ALSA Support

-Driver fully supports hardware exceleration

-Not choppy, staticky or slow (i.e. my nforce chipset )

-Won't break the bank for what it's worth

 

I will tally up the vote to see which lucky card manufacturer gets my (allmost non existent) cash. 8)

[Which video card to get?]

Thanks for the replys. I guess I'm going nVidia then!

[Which video card to get?]

I'm looking to get a new video card, but after the struggles with my nForce chipset, I'm going to ask for suggestions before I jump into this. My qualifications are:

 

- Needs to be known for linux support, particularly mandravia

- Supports a 21" flat panel with moderate use of the gimp

- AGP 8X

- cheep as possible, something around $100