You don't need a very expensive sound card to produce great music at broadcast quality. Also, this issue may not be soundcard related at all. All hardware manufacturers release new products, phase out old products and then stop supporting them completely. I've always used Focusrite over the years. They make some good gear. I have a Pro 40 which is pretty ancient now but still available new. There hasn't been a driver update for it for a while and that's probably because it works fine. I recently got an M-Audio Projectmix I/O for an absolute bargain on Ebay. No driver update for that since 2012 but works fine with Splat on windows 10 and gives me heaps of functionality with 8 decent mic pres. It also works as a makie controller in Premiere and After Effects too. It cost less than a new bottom of the range, single mic pre. Focusrite.
The moral of the story? Well, quite a few problems (especially crashes) are sound card related. But not all by any means. Some old, obsolete gear can be better than some new, up to date gear. You don't have to spend a fortune on gear to get the best results in the same way that you don't have to spend a fortune on hiring a top producer, engineer, and the best session musicians to crowd out your home studio and work on your track for you.