This
options snd-hda-intel id=SB index=0
options snd-hda-intel id=NVidia index=1
gets me this
bash-4.2# cat /proc/asound/cards
0 [NVidia_1 ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia
HDA NVidia at 0xfebf8000 irq 19
1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB
HDA ATI SB at 0xfcff4000 irq 16
SO far the best bet is to leave out the sound.conf file in /etc/modeprobe.d
I think I'll get a newer SoundBlaster and see how that goes the one I was using was ancient and mostly for the gameport
Everything is USB now so I don't really need a gameport anyway.