Hi.
I would like to build a p4 for late ms-dos games and win9x games. I need a compromise between those two OS.
More or less i´ve decided all components but the sound card.
I must choose between a sound blaster live 5.1 PCI and a Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI.
Wich one do you think would be better mainly for DOS ?
Thanks a lot.
Isn't the Terratec Aureon SB 2.0 and SB pro compatible only? While you'd be getting SB16 + General Midi (+MT32) emulation with the Live. Seems like a pretty obvious one to me... Unless I am missing something?
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If the Aureon uses the CMI8738, then don't plan on playing anything in pure DOS...
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Aureon 5.1 is 8738. I know a friend who still had one and it uses a 8738 chipset so I wouldn't count it to do DOS even if its life depended on it. SB Live will do it just fine.
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Understood, no Terratec for dos.
Does Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI have any advantage over live in win9x ?
Thanks
kanyero wrote on 2025-04-04, 07:31:Understood, no Terratec for dos.
Does Terratec Aureon 5.1 PCI have any advantage over live in win9x ?
Thanks
Maybe if you have it connected through optical output to a receiver... Which would require Live Drive or a daughterboard for the Live! card.
P3 866, V3, SB Audigy 2
P2 300, TNT, V2, Audigy 2 ZS
P233 MMX, Mystique 220, V1, AWE64
P100, S3 Virge GX, AWE64, WavetablePi & PicoGus
Prolinea 4/50, ET4000, SB 16, WavetablePi
486DX2 66, CL-GD5424, SB 32, SC55
SC386SX 25, TVGA8900, Audician32+
