Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-28, 07:01

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Have done some further research and i am sure now that i am going to get X-Fi card. There are also some listings on ebay for the X-fi card. Is there are difference between Sb0790 and Sb1040 card that would be noticable for standard gaming use or i am good to go with any of these cards?

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-27, 15:29

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Just finished building my WinXP rig and I also used a X-Fi card. X-Fi xtreme gamer, came like new in the original box with manuals and driver cd for €10. Works very well in XP! And yeah, extra awesome with headphones. Try Doom3 with / without EAX! Edit: oops, not enough RAM and also with that GPU …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-27, 09:49

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@All Thx for the further information. Have not considered to look beyond the Audigy 2 card. But since I am planning to use the P4 system exclusively If you are solely running WinXP on that rig, I don't see the point in using anything other than an X-Fi card. The improved SRC algorithm alone makes it …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-26, 11:28

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Warning: this post might be considered heresy. Intel-made boards of that period should have a good Analog Devices AC97 codec on them, and the accompanying circuitry/design should also be not bad at all. All the bad things you hear about late 90s and early 00s onboard sound are very true considering …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-25, 21:11

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A Turtle Beach Santa Cruz would be a good card that supports A3D (1.0), EAX (1,2), and Sensaura (+gameCODA). I used to use one with my old P4 2.6GHz machine on WinXP and it was great! Thanks for the recommendation. I was looking into the Santa Cruz card already as a potential card for my Win 98 …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-24, 10:45

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Thanks for the info. The last time I have considered a A3d was for my Win 98SE System. So I was not aware that A3d is not compatible with Win XP. getting aural card for my win 98se system sounds like a interesting day. Trying out a3d is one my bucket list. For my XP System I will get Audigy 2 or a …

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Re: ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-23, 07:05

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Sure, why not. I noticed your components all date toward the end of your target time frame, making them just barely period correct... but then you already knew that, and having a bit of spare power on tap doesn't hurt. Since you enjoy EAX, maybe look into getting a Vortex card too, for some A3D …

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ideal sound card for early win xp system for 2000-2002 games?

Posted on 2024-03-22, 16:52

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I have recently completed my first Voodoo 3 gaming system with the last component missing the sound card. I grabbed a Creative Audigy 2 sound card and after some fumbling it works very well. EAX is an awesome feature. Now I am working to give this little family pc Intel S 478 I845E mainboard 256MB …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-03-07, 11:32

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Just purchased my first own dedicated sound card for my win 98 voodoo 3 rig. Got a Sound Blaster PCI Audigy 2 SB0240

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Re: Audigy 1 vs Audigy 2

Posted on 2024-03-06, 17:39

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Audigy 2 has slightly cleaner output and 6.1 surround sound support, otherwise both cards are fairly similar. Note that Audigy 1 has official DOS gaming support, but this can be added to the Audigy 2 through modified drivers. Also, the stock drivers (from the install CD) for Audigy 1 don't have …

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Audigy 1 vs Audigy 2

Posted on 2024-03-06, 16:06

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like mentioned in my other thread I am about to gift my Asus CUV4X-CME P3 800 mhz Voodoo 3 3000 agp Gaming system with sound card. So far I was using the onboard audio of the mainboard Plan A was to get a good all-around Sound card that supports A3d and EAX. Due to some real live expenses, my budget …

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Re: what would be thest and also affordable win 98 sound card

Posted on 2024-02-27, 10:04

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sceic wrote on 2024-02-27, 06:16: yamaha ymf-724 ：https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_EqOMaKmqo thanks for the recommendation and the very informative video. This Yamaha card is worth considering as well for sure next to the Terratec card.

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Re: what would be thest and also affordable win 98 sound card

Posted on 2024-02-25, 09:57

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Thanks a lot for the info. I will also check out the Yamaha. I think it is worth trying for sure. Even if I should run into troubles with EAX games like other people did, a dedicated EAX sound cards like one the sb live family would not break the bank. it would be no problem to get sb live card as a …

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Re: what would be thest and also affordable win 98 sound card

Posted on 2024-02-25, 09:36

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Sorry for bringing the old thread back. Have done some more research and I concluded that I would like to try out both audio formats EAX and also A3d. I am aware that jack of all trades cards might not be as good as deidcated EAX or A3d card but i am still very curious to try it out. Do have some …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-08, 07:48

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My latest investment in the retro space is Geforce mx 460 (medion branded) card.

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2024-02-08, 07:48

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double post due to technical difficulties. please delete.

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Re: Is there a reliable way to discern a gimped gf mx 440 card from 128 bit mx440 card?

Posted on 2024-02-08, 07:47

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Well they seemed okay on the quick roadtest while I got them, the gaps they were intended for are still about 7 builds down the chain though so might be a while. I was getting nervous about anything AGP price exploding, like anything PCI had. The price hike in the retro scene can be really scary. …

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Re: Is there a reliable way to discern a gimped gf mx 440 card from 128 bit mx440 card?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 17:49

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MX460 is a 128-bit card, no need to identify it ! The MX460 is the better card as it's clocked higher, but it never really sold that well back in the day so they are a bit harder to source, but if you find one at a good price grab that instead of the 440. That's good to know. In that case, the …

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Re: Is there a reliable way to discern a gimped gf mx 440 card from 128 bit mx440 card?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 15:01

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Thanks a lot for the info. That's good to know that there are ways to find it out. While browsing around I found that sometimes the mx460 can be purchased at a similar price of the 440. Is the method for identifying a mx 440 also working for the 460? MX460 is a 128-bit card, no need to identify it …

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Re: Is there a reliable way to discern a gimped gf mx 440 card from 128 bit mx440 card?

Posted on 2024-02-06, 14:50

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Thanks a lot for the info. That's good to know that there are ways to find it out. While browsing around I found that sometimes the mx460 can be purchased at a similar price of the 440. Is the method for identifying a mx 440 also working for the 460?

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