Reply 20 of 25, by siffert
wrote:In all honesty, the SB Pro 2 or something fully SB Pro compatible is probably a better choice for this machine. You will never be using it to play MP3s via MPXPlay or running a game which supports high sample rate audio like Crusader: No Remorse, and no SB16 card supports all the stereo capabilities of the OPL3 chip.
I beg to differ. The Creative SB16 CT 1740, CT1750 and CT1770 (mine) have the EXACT same YMF262-M OPL3 chip as in the SB Pro 2. Also, am a legacy gamer using a Roland LAPC-1 which gives me stunning music and sound effects (for those legacy games that support it) while at the same time hearing digitized voices in those games using only one set of speakers. For the games I play, it is a non-issue. As someone else said on this forum:
"There are very few games that only supports the Sound Blaster Pro's stereo capability (for digital sound playback). The SB16 is in fact stereo FM compatible. That the SB16 being not digitally compatible with the SB Pro is not a big issue. What people need to ask themselves is, what game:
- Supports stereo digital sound effects through SB Pro option
- Does NOT support Sound Blaster 16 directly
You will quickly find that this list is very small, So really, it's a non issue."