If you are kicking any wires (especially ones connected to a subwoofer) you'll get alot of popping noises because the connection is being moved. The Realtek AC97 Drivers/Soundcard should be fine, however they have boatloads of problems - I'd recomme…
70 million msers isn't a typo. But it's not too difficult to get when it's completely free and after winning numerous awards in 2005.
Im playing it right now and it's actually pretty fun!