retro games 100 wrote:Kreshna, please can you tell me what you think of your Yamaha sound card? Does it provide good music for DOS games?
retro games 100 wrote:(Also, do you know how well it compares to the Yamaha SW20PC card?)
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:retro games 100 wrote:Kreshna, please can you tell me what you think of your Yamaha sound card? Does it provide good music for DOS games?
Pretty good. Definitely MUCH better than Creative AWE32, especially the bass and percussion. For games with techno soundtrack (like Descent or System Shock), SW60XG simply rocks.
However, I have yet to compare it to Roland Sound Canvas, especially for older games like Sierra adventures.
Malik wrote:I'm using Descent and Doom and Heretic,etc., with my Sound Canvas (SC-55 MKII). Sounds are much clearer and better. The percussions are deep and satisfying too.
Kreshna Aryaguna Nurzaman wrote:Hmmm.... I wonder if Virtual Sound Canvas sounds as goos as SC-55.
HunterZ wrote:I consider AGP to now be an obsolete (if not quite retro) technology.
RoyBatty wrote:Asus made a 512MB version of that card, it's rather hard to find. Might be one for you
swaaye wrote:It's hard to resist making a retro rig "just a little faster". On and on it goes. It evolves into a desire to build the imagined "ultimate retro rig" even though that's impossible unless by "retro rig" they mean Win9x and newer games.
Intel P-IIIe 742mhz 128mb ASUS P3V4X
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640×480 x0 32bit 100.9 86.7
800×600 x0 32bit 92.5 84
1024×768 x0 32bit 70.5 64
Intel P-IIIe 742mhz 128mb ASUS P3V4X
World War 2 Fighters GeForce 2 Voodoo 5 5500
640×480 x0 16bit 30.8 32.2 Glide
1024×768 x0 16bit 23.8 28.2 Glide
640×480 x0 32bit 30.46 31.6 D3D
1024×768 x0 32bit 21.2 24.4 D3D
Intel P-IIIe 742mhz 128mb ASUS P3V4X
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640×480 x0 16bit 17.2 14.7
800x600 x0 16bit 16.6 14.5
1024×768 x0 16bit 16.6 14.3
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