The onboard sound on my PC just doesn't play nice with BF2. I have random issues with the microphone switching to static in TS while playing. It seems to be tied to when the map changes. When it happens, I alt tab out to desktop and shut down teamspeak. After restarting TS a couple times it will clear itself up. I don't have this issue in any app except BF2.
After many months of tolerating it, my friends jsut can't take my static anymore. I am pretty sure I have the latest sound drivers. I think I will need to add a soundcard to remedy this.
My plan was to pop a Chaintech 710 in the PC, but it looks like that card has disappeared from the market.
Any suggestions on a good, low cost, sound card to fix me up?

If anyone has ideas on other things to try besides a sound card, I'm all ears for that, too.

My motherboard with the onboard sound is a Asus A8N-VM CSM NVIDIA 6150 M/B, btw.

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I have used a logitech usb mic with good results.

Why not just a nice old sound blaster Live, if all you plan on using is the mic input..???

Had to move hardware acceleration all the way to the left to no hardware acceleration under sounds & audio devices in control panel (audio tab, advanced, performance).

d00d buy a audigy 2 for $30 and problem solved. Onboard sound is not acceptable when you can get that for so little and it has eax !

I'd say XF-I except check out the carnage over at the SB forums:

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=31426

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=61926&view=by_date_ascending&page=1

http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&message.id=74283&view=by_date_ascending&page=1