Reply 60 of 105, by Groove
To all Auto Vigilantes
None of this is actually useful. The true solution of running the good ol' I'76 on Win NT based machines (2k, XP) is stunningly simple.
Turn hardware accelartion of sound to None.
either in dxdiag or in control panel under
Sound and Audio Devices -> Speaker settings - Advanced... (button) -> Performance Tab -> Hardware Acceleration (slider) = left most position = None
This has worked for my fresh out of the box I'76 without any patching on XP SP2 (I run an OC'ed Athlon XP @2.00GHz, 7600GT AGP, SBLive!5.1 )
It also works for Nitro pack and Gold edition. None of that shit with compatibility or special installation procedures. It works even with the cracked NoCD version of the i76.exe. No crashing, no bullshit, it just goes...
Swinger out
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