Okay first of all I am having a hard time believing that you are having a problem with XP 64-bit..
1) You have an NFORCE motherboard, all you have to do is download the unified Nforce 3 or 4 (depending on your board) driver set at Nvidia.com for xp x64 edition. All the drivers except for the video driver and maybe wireless that you ever will need for that board including sound is rolled up in that driver package (have you tried the on-motherboard sound that comes with all nforce boards? it's probably better than that audigy 2 card. If you really have to have an Audigy 2 card, there is a working 64 bit driver on for the audigy 2 card on creative labs web site.
I also saw an exciting thing at best buy yesterday an "Audigy 4 card" in a box coming complete with a 64-bit driver..
2) if you have a cable modem and XP 64-bit simply plug it into the ETHERNET cable in your motherboard's network connector that comes built-in. You won't need drivers then for it and it will function perfectly like a network card and you will get faster speeds than thru the USB.
3) if you need ANY 64-bit drivers or help please ask me.. I am running Amiga Forever on both a 64 bit XP and a Windows Vista Beta 1 install and it works great on both..
There is no reason to hate Windows here. You have a high performance computer here with great software all you need to do is ask the right people the right questions about it and you will be working like a pro very quickly.. The trick with 64 bit windows is just to go out and download the 64-bit drivers. When it first came out they weren't readily available. That is not the case any longer.. Even RAID drivers and obscure tv card drivers are showing up..
Plus your son with love the 64-bit performance with both direct x 9c and Open GL.. He might be a little bit young for it but Far Cry is an awesome game just for 64-bit windows..
I asked the custodian/author of WinUAE if they are doing a 64-bit version of the emulator. Last I heard they were looking into it..
So please don't dump 64-bit windows, without trying it a little more, if you make an effort just to aquire the right drivers you will get about a 30% increase in performance on your box..
I won't even talk about how kick ass vista is on it :-)
Please feel free to email me about any questions regarding sound or anything.. I am an expert on this platform..
P.S. and to return fire at the PPC guy who thinks he could have bought something at half the price, well you get what you pay for, half the price and half the performance.. Also, I use WinUAE/Amiga forever all of the time and I am very happy with the performance of the machine as an amiga, in fact I'd race that PPC machine anyday as I have a faster machine even thru emulation and more stuff would run from the classic platform.
I also own a PSP the games aren't that great and there is not that many available. I rarely touch it, plus how great would UAE be with it without a keyboard?? Please folks! I am thinking about putting the PSP on ebay..
