Re: Best sound card option and chip for sound effects? (Not music primarily)

Posted on 2017-08-03, 21:01

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by GiSWiG

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I'm not sure but is the OPL3/SBPro of the Audician 32 Plus 16bit? I think I remember reading that unlike a real SB Pro, it can do 16-bit at 44000Hz in stereo when the real deal could only do 8-bit and 22500Hz in stereo, 44000Hz in mono.

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Re: Is this a rare card? What is it for? Is it worth $15?

Posted on 2017-08-03, 16:58

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by GiSWiG

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I did some quick searching. It is not a Hollywood Plus. I cannot find any other information other than its a 'PCI video card'. I highly doubt it is a grapics card. If it was me, I'd save my $15. If it was a Hollywood Plus, I'd go for it.

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Re: Is this a rare card? What is it for? Is it worth $15?

Posted on 2017-08-03, 16:47

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by GiSWiG

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Oh, and regarding timing of CPU power and the ability to decode DVD video without such a card does put it closer to the year 2000 (which is when I had this setup) but it would have been expensive. K6-2/K6-3 were affordable but not powerful enough. Pentium III 700-ish was out around 2000 but they …

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Re: Is this a rare card? What is it for? Is it worth $15?

Posted on 2017-08-03, 16:31

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by GiSWiG

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This looks familiar to what I had in collage but I don't think it is exactly but that was a long time ago. My first DVD player was my computer with a Real Magic Hollywood Plus and a DVD drive. I had a K6-II 450 or 500 then which was no where near powerful to decode DVD MPEG2 video. Even though the …

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Best sound card option and chip for sound effects? (Not music primarily)

Posted on 2017-08-03, 12:58

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by GiSWiG

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I'm not sure if I've been going about this all wrong. I've been looking at sound cards overall but in most DOS games when choosing your music and your sound card, sometimes they are they same live SB or SBPro but then sometimes they are different where some choices are only under music and some only …

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Re: CPU for Voodoo2/3 system to play at 1024x768

Posted on 2017-08-02, 19:13

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by GiSWiG

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I like the P3V4X cause USB mice and keyboards work with it in DOS. Is that the case with the P3B-F? I may get a P3B-F someday, especially with two ISAs. I got the P2B-F for the 440BX but I haven't really used it. I haven't had any issues with the P3V4X and apps like throttle or speed hacks/fixes …

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Re: CPU for Voodoo2/3 system to play at 1024x768

Posted on 2017-08-02, 04:18

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by GiSWiG

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The heatsink on my 933MHz is 80mm so that makes it perfect for an 80mm fan. Much quieter. Wouldn't have much use beyond it. Next up would be an Athlon XP or Athlon 64 setup.

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CPU for Voodoo2/3 system to play at 1024x768

Posted on 2017-08-02, 00:36

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by GiSWiG

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I'm building a Voodoo system with a Voodoo2 PCI and a Voodoo3 3000 AGP. Having various motherboards and CPUs, I'm curious what kind of CPU would match best being able to play any game a Voodoo3 3000 can play at 1024x768 without going overboard. I have a underclockable PII 400, PIII 450, 650 and …

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Re: Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-29, 19:28

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by GiSWiG

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Again, I never had any ext. MIDI modules. I have to rely on sound recordings on a MT-32 to judge.

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Re: Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-29, 19:11

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by GiSWiG

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I grew up having a Tandy 1000 (8088) then later a Tandy 1000RLX (286) with 8-bit Soundblaster. Thanks to having Tandy's 3-Voice sound instead of the PC-Speaker, early Sierra games like KQ1,2,3 sounded great compared to single PC Speaker beeps. DOSBox is about the only way you can get that sound (and …

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Re: Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-29, 11:54

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by GiSWiG

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So you're using the SB AWE64 for Sound Effects and the Dreamblaster mounted on the AWE64 for MIDI is that right? If you wanted to use they joystick and have midi there was a Y cable that plugged into the game port so you could hook the joystick and the MIDI output simultaneously. I never tried this …

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Re: Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-29, 01:29

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by GiSWiG

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gdjacobs wrote: The TB Vortex 2 has a wavetable header that works under DOS. Do you think without drivers where a DOS game would just 'see' it? I don't want to load its SB Emulation so I could use drivers that don't install them. I'll just have to see.

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Re: Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-28, 21:05

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by GiSWiG

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It is not a MIDI module, it's a General MIDI daughterboard for a wavetable header or the Chil'n'Phil adapter which is a wavetable to 15-pin gameport adapter. So the Dreamblaster hooks up to either a wavetable header on the soundcard or directly to the 15-pin gameport http://www.serdashop.com/ …

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Re: Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-28, 20:28

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by GiSWiG

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I have a 15-pin splitter but it doesn't work probably because it is only for joysticks. It is also not a MIDI connector. The Dreamblaster connects into the 15-pin gameport.

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Using a PCI sound card just for gameport, MIDI or wavetable header in DOS w/ AWE64 in only ISA slot

Posted on 2017-07-28, 17:52

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by GiSWiG

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I'm wrestling with sound card setup choices (again) for a build. I only have 1 ISA slot. I have an AWE64 Value, an Audician 32, a Dreamblaster S2, a Chill'n'Phil adapter for Dreamblaster and various PCI Sound cards. I want to try and use the AWE64 as my primary sound card and the Dreamblaster for …

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Re: Questions and guidance with Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 cards in new system

Posted on 2017-07-28, 17:24

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by GiSWiG

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Well, so far I got the V2 and V3 in and working quite well. Tombraider works after putting in the V3 and I confirmed it is playing off of it. Works with the tombrush.exe patch and works under DOS and Windows. It did not work when I just had the V2 in but I'm not worried why right now. King's Quest 8 …

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Re: Questions and guidance with Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 cards in new system

Posted on 2017-07-26, 15:41

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by GiSWiG

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One other thing, does it matter which PCI slot the V2 when it comes slot/IRQ sharing ? According to my manual, AGP shares with PCI 1 in one column and AGP shares with PCI 2 in another. If the V3 is in the AGP, what is the best for the V2? PCI 1, 2 or something else? I understand how IRQs work, just …

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Re: Questions and guidance with Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 cards in new system

Posted on 2017-07-26, 12:48

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by GiSWiG

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VOODOO 3 IS IN THE MAIL, GONA BE HERE TODAY! So my hope is to install the V2 PCI and V3 AGP, either passthrough or use VGA switch, and a fresh Win98 Install. I know I will need to install the V2 drivers first and then the V3 next. What are the best drivers for this setup? Thanks! (Yeah, little …

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Re: Questions and guidance with Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 cards in new system

Posted on 2017-07-24, 18:30

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by GiSWiG

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The more I've looked into it, the more the V2/V3 combo seems to be the way to go. It also seems that I won't have to worry about V2 in SLI. I will lose my 6800 but I've got another home for that. I think all that I have left would be what are the best drivers to use in this combo?

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Questions and guidance with Voodoo2 and Voodoo3 cards in new system

Posted on 2017-07-24, 16:07

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by GiSWiG

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I recently acquired a Voodoo2 card (Diamond Monster 3D w/ 12MB) that is working so far in KQ8 and Unreal. TR1 gives me a blank screen using the rush patch but I haven't tried the batch method yet. but anyway... I have a Voodoo3 3000 AGP coming and thinking of doing a clean Win98 install so I'm …

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