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Sheet 1: OS-CompaMatrixBestMultiBoard
Game / Chipset (southbridge) CPU + PCI Soundcard (Comments) compatibility (zero glitch policy, its there is ingame gameplay affecting glith is list as not compabilible) X58 (ICH10) + Xeon 5660 + Yamaha 744
Working Y/N?		 X58 + Yamaha 744 compatibility notes
* With Yamaha in played with game for quite long time, which other i just believed it would work too.. Mainly was used ATI X800 videocard, but some so games was used Nvidia G220 or 730 or ATI MACH 64 or Voodoo 3 its usualy mentioned in notes.. All binaris was tested first in Dosbox to prove that everything is allright with them.		 X58 (ICH10) + Xeon 5660 +Aureal Vortex 1
Working Y/N?
- for now first results are at line 139..		 X58 + Aureal Vortex 1 compatibility notes. All tested with ATI MACH 64. intel865 (ICH5) +Core2 E6600+ Yamaha 744
Working Y/N?
- for now first results are at line 139..		 I865+Yamaha 744 compatibility notes
Tested with Gefore 6200 AGP		 intel865 (ICH5) Core 2 E6600 + SB !Live
Working Y/N?
- for now first results are at line 139..		 I865+SB Live compatibility notes
Tested with Geforce 6200 AGP












Golden Axe OK (ems)







Legend:









Doom II OK (ems),


















Quake OK (ems),


















Blood OK (ems+NOEMS) - i discovered that if is some audio cd inserted before game loads, i getting freeze on title screen, i dont know if this happens on other machines..


















Duke3D OK (ems),


















Dungeon Master I OK (ems),


















Ultima 0 OK (ems) - if you want to see programming hell look at qbasic source code its free - 815 lines


















Albion OK (ems),







Additional notes:









Raptor OK (ems),







- created by RuThaN with Vogons members support..









Settlers 2 OK (ems)







- Dissusions to sheet at Vogons









Warcraft I OK (ems)


















Wizardry 1 OK (ems)


















Jagged Alliance I OK (ems)


















Z demo OK (ems) - SVGA is working),


















Mortal Kombat III OK (ems)


















Perverse Doom OK (ems,Doom I reskin),


















Doom1 OK (ems),


















Mortal Kombat II OK (ems)


















Might and Magic V OK (ems)


















Fable - Telstar 96 OK (ems)


















Caesar II OK (ems),


















TeenAgent OK (ems)- polish game


















Dark Sun: Wake.. OK (ems),


















Street Fighter II OK (ems)-awful port, but as childress we played it even on laptop..


















Castlevania-1990 OK (ems, working with ATI, Nvidia bad color, SETMUL with L1D has to be used),


















Wacky Wheels OK (ems)


















Need for speed 1 OK (ems) - i needed to find right version, some had keyboard arrows problem, some no DOS audio,


















Descent I OK (ems),


















Redneck Rampage OK (ems),


















Wolf3D OK (ems),


















Rise of the Triad OK (ems only freeze on quit),


















Body Blows OK (ems,Setmul L1D required),


















TES: Daggefall OK (ems),version 1.07.213, if you using z.cfg for no CD-set Cheatmode to 0, otherwise is game way to fast


















Heretic OK (ems),


















GTA Dos OK (ems+NOEMS, ) SVGA mode - give me unsupported SVGA chip message, but its working


















CDman OK (ems+NOEMS, with setmul L1D),


















Destruction Derby I OK (ems),


















Ducktales OK (ems)


















Abuse OK (ems) + setup.exe is freezing, or not starting at least in (ems) you have edit sound config file manually with info from ini file,


















EarthWormJim OK (ems),


















Gods OK (ems),


















Arkanoid OK (ems, setmul l1d needed),


















Theme Hospital OK (ems),


















Battle Arena Toshinden OK (ems, slowdos /d3 with 640x400(set it in arena), without slowdos is unplayable fast, you could tune the value, for me it give me 40 FPS,


















Strife OK (ems),


















Duke Nukem1 OK (ems),


















Lost Vikings OK (ems),


















Battlechest OK (ems,need setmul l1d),


















Anvil of Dawn OK (ems),


















Grand Prix Circuit OK (ems),


















Grand Prix - The Cycles OK (ems),


















Indycar OK (ems),


















Grand Prix 2 OK (ems),


















Prehistorik OK (ems),


















Street Rod 2 OK (ems),


















Street Rod 1 OK (ems),


















Center Court Tenis OK (ems),


















Warlords OK (ems),


















Terminal Velocity OK (ems),


















Simcity 1 OK (ems,NOEMS) - text is broken on ATI MAch 64 and modern Nvidias, on other cards (ATI X800,Voodo 3 2000) is ok.


















Winter Games OK (ems,needs setmul l1d),


















Summer Games OK (ems,needs setmul l1d),


















Command and Conquer 1 OK (ems),


















Lotus III OK (ems) you have select Sound card inside game with SB its working,


















Primal Rage OK (ems),


















Ski or Die OK (ems),


















SW:Dark Forces OK (ems) working with ATI x800,not working with Geforce 730,


















Simon the Sorcerer 2 OK (ems,NOEMS),


















Steel Panthers OK (ems),


















Simcity 2000 OK (ems+NOEMS) setup not working on ATI X800, with Nvidia has glitches, ATI Mach 64 - is ok, but there is cfg or you could configure game through Dosbox),


















Carmageddon OK (ems),


















Magic Carpet OK (ems), with slowdos and value around /d15 its working,


















Double Dragon 3 OK (ems) SB IRQ7 has to be set, with IRQ 5 SB not found,


















Lemmings OK (ems )needs setmul l1d slow down to play music),


















Hexen I OK (ems, if you have problem with bad brightness / gamma press F11),


















Syndicate OK (ems+NOEMS) - music is working with IRQ5, but sound+music only with IRQ7, Dosbox is behaves same, start warning could be fixed by new version of DOS4GW


















Blake Stone OK (ems) - working only with IRQ7 otherwise map loading freeze,


















Wizzardry 7 OK (ems) - needs setmul l1d - otherwise there in RUntime error, it needs to be installed in very short path, because string for saves are very short


















Full throttle OK (ems) - i had some issues with demo - i made by had disc cd version its huge and its working, i only wonder if its possible to turn on subtitles?


















X-Com Enemy unknown - OK (ems), i had issues with some versions - only music, so i did deGoGation, its working fine


















Heroes of Might and Magic I OK (EMS)


















Kyrandia2 OK (ems+NOEMS) - when i try ems - i got reboot, working with IRQ5 and 7


















Nhl 95 OK (ems) - SB IRQ5, not slowdown utility needed


















Nhl 97 OK (ems) - working with ATI+Nvidia too


















Warcraft II demo full OK (ems) - I discovered it by accident is working when Geforce 730 is used, but not with ATI x800 (blackscreen and back to Dos), working with ATI MAch 64 2 MB.. Sound card is fine, platform is fine, its video chip problem.. Tried setmul l1d, key scrolling in smallest map to slow, so you have to use slowdos - optimal value is arround /d10 for me.


















Kyrandia 1 OK (ems) - i tried with sound, no sound, sound driver - everytime hang on taking advantage of memory, i did some ems386 tuning, add min=4096 and scanhigh and buffers=>buffershigh and files=>fileshigh and it helped, or maybe i only managed get few more free kilobytes of conventional memory free..


















Epic pinball OK (ems), SB IRQ5


















Dungeon Keeper Gold OK (ems+NOEMS, SB IRQ5) - now i can finally slap imps its highly enlightening..


















Descent II OK (ems) - arrow keys are too sensitive without slowdown, for 320x200 is slowdos /d2 good, for 640x400 you need lesser value - 1 or 1.5 but minimal step you delay is value is 0.05 so there is not problem.


















Scorched earth OK (ems,NOEMS)


















Terminator: Skynet or Demo OK (ems+NOEMS) - IRQ5


















Prince 1 OK (ems)


















The incredible machine 1 OK (ems)


















Wolfenstein - The spear of dest.. OK (ems)


















Lion King OK (ems)


















WIng Commander 2 OK (ems) -its working with new EMS line without memory conflict warning, setmul l1d or other slowdown program needed


















NHL93 OK (required ems) -its working with new EMS line without memory conflict warning, not setmul l1d needed


















Space hulk OK (reg ems) with new ems settings,


















TES Arena OK (req ems) - a.exe is no sound start, for start with sound you will neeed a.bat - (@A -sa:220 -si:7 -sd:1 -ma:220 -mq:5 -md:1 -ssbdig.adv -msbfm.adv) - i dont understand what are mq:7 a md:1 parameters, it would be somethere in manual probably.. but music and sounds are working (with new ems settings), so i dont care.


















Transport Tyccon Deluxe OK (ems)


















Terminator - Future shock OK (ems)


















System shock OK (ems) - i used Gog floppy version (i dont wanted to use cd and save space), its working out of box without ingame digital sound, only music, i would like to edit sound settings, but when is start install.exe there are some placeholders except all characters is same in all versions of Dosbox which i have tried, i tried luck and find right value in cyb.cfg for FX - digi_card 1


















Master of Orion 2 OK (ems)


















Stonekeep OK (ems)


















Ugh OK (ems)


















Dynablaster OK (ems+NOEMS) - with Geforce - freeze during start, with ATIs i get right picture, with new memory settins its working fine


















Dune I OK (ems) - with new memory setting its working fine, im using smaller no speech, no cd version


















The incredible Machine 2 OK (ems)


















Sam & Max demo OK (ems) - i have only demo..


















Ultima Underworld I OK (req ems) - with new memory setting game is working


















Ultima Underworld II OK (req ems) - with new memory setting game is working,


















F29 Retaliator OK (ems) - music is from sound card, sounds form pc speaker, Dosbox behaves same.. Tell me if it is wrong, i know that is quite liked game, but i never liked it.


















Commander Keen 5 OK (ems)


















MDK demo OK (ems)


















Mystic Towers OK (ems)


















Comand&Conquer: Red Alert OK (ems)


















Civilization 1 - v474.04 OK (ems) - there was always stuck atd Microprose logo and intro play when i press key and i got freeze - menu should load.. I have find info how to fix it - Here -Same problem reported even on P3 450 Problem is caused with MGRAPHIC.EXE, Srandista did mgraphic.exe Hex editor magic and now its working. Some mgraphics.exe is used 10 Microprose games, so there is high change to same problem with other games, i simulated it at least woth Railroad Tycoon - 1990, even in Dosbox atd max cpu cycles. I created thread for it. This this fix you get Runtime error 6000 classic, which could be fixed by classic setmul l1d slowdos solution, after that is game fully playable.


















Betrayl at Krondor OK (ems)


















Comanche: Maximum Overkill OK (ems) version on logo is 92, in game 1994 - maybe helped more conv. ram maybe i did something with files, or recopied same version and now its working..


















Aladdin OK (ems) - this game even in Dosbox doesnt like more than 32MB ram and give XMS allocation error,or almost all games above are ok with 256MB and 32MB ems


















Might and Magic IV OK (ems)


















Tomb Raider demo OK (ems)


















BlackThorne OK (req. ems) - Music is working only with SB IRQ7.


















Another world OK (ems)


















Gabriel Knight I OK (ems)


















Railroad Tyccon Deluxe OK (ems) its not using problematic mgraphic.exe as 1990 version so its working fine


















Destruction derby 2 Demo OK (ems) - bad code, game has not framepacing so its fast like hell, with slowdos /d18 its playable on my machine


















Rayman Demo OK (ems)


















Wasteland OK (ems)


















Ultima6 OK (ems) - in setup in proper Sound blaster support, there is only Creative music system, it doesnt works even in Dosbox, so best possible is Adlib + PC speaker and its running fine.. You need also setmul l1d for speed.


















Mechwarrior 2 demo OK (ems)


















Sandwarriors OK (noems) - tested by Rayer on Sandy / Ivy bridge board - GA-P67-DS3-B3 with Y744- SB16, music: adlib, works fine, clean sound. (game doesn't need EMS just v86 mode for DSDMA), X58 - Nvidia - mouse is working only in part of screen, can be moved elsewhere, with ATI MAch 64 its working fine (ems)


















Shadow Warrior OK (ems)


















Powerslave OK (ems)


















Alone in the Dark I OK (ems) - as device selected Sound blaster (DMA)


















Fallout 1 OK (v1.1 Dos patch (how to convert Win version to Dos)+ some additional files (ems)- Sound setup autodetect / testing is not working / freezing. This game is tricky one, i dont know why exactly it is happening, but Dosbox havent such problem.. but when i run game cfg file is regenerated its much bigger and after that when i execute game i getting Dos4GW error, when i copy back original cfg file game is still working, when i make it read only too, i find out that there 2 variables which stopping game to start-details Core2+G6+SB !Live - its working, but you haves set SB IRQ7, with IRQ5 im getting loading freeze. If is sound setup not working for you magic value for SBpro are: device=57345 + port=544 (for 220) and of course IRQ=7.


















Quake 2 for Dos OK (Q2DOS, real mode) - in project documentation are mentioned problem with EMS, i able to start game, but im getting memory allocation problem during levels loadings, but it usually mean, so sound (because you have to start it from real mode and DSDMA is not working here), but game is using sndpci library from MXplayer project, which could play sound on integrated AC97 and HD and its working for me, i only need to turn on monitor speaker, which i have for now connected to integrated soundcard (mixer board and only 1 speaker would be better). Core2+Voodoo3+SB !Live (NO EMS,80MB RAM) - its running great -sound +3DFX are working.


















Dune II (v.1.07) NOT OK (ems,602 KB)- It has problem with SB Pro enabled crackling from the start and when i selected house and nothing happens when is enabled extended memory mod, music is still playing, when in setup was enabled use of expanded memory.. when expanded memory is disabled game with SB sound is running - music - ok, some sounds ok, but no units speech sounds, i tested it with 610 KB free. I managed to get it working at least with Adlib (both setup memory options are working), no speech on Adlib i thing that is hardware limitation. Setmul l1d doesnt needed, irq 5/7 too. Kamerat with Asus P5B-Deluxe, C2D and Y744 reported same problems, same as someone with ASUS TX97-XE. OK (EMS): Its working. NOT OK Not working, the same problem as X58+Yamaha. NOT OK Ems+NoEms: Its working only without voices, for voices I have to enable Ex. Memory mod in setup and whe I try to do it, I got freeze, during setup file save.












Dungeon Master II NOT OK (ems) patched and new audio drivers - i managed to get working demo (with replacing DOS4GW with new version), but full game has after logo some video and before it i get black screen, its using IBMIOP.exe . WIth Nvidia no even logo, with Realmode (no sound drive) or EMS - no loaded sound driver, i got error message instead of intro, but game is running (without sound). Problem is probably intro sequence - yeah i was right when you move intro files away its working with sound, they videosequences really lackluster (only intro and outro) - intro has 15 secs, so its not compatible, but with help of youtube you can get full experience.. Intro / game is executed by some special ibmiop.exe utility - maybe is there some replacement, better version? OK (ems): Its working fine intro included, no setmul needed, tested with ATI MACH 64./ NOT OK Not working, the same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Game is running fine.












Ultima VIII NOT OK (NOEMS+EMS)- with sound enabled cmd line freeze (after ~10 set its back) - Error message: CPRPOMEM.C 1559 Program halted by code., no sound driver loaded boot - its running. You have select install to save config settings. Adlib no luck, SB sound+no music- no luck. OK (ems): Its Working fine. NOT OK Core2+G6+Yamaha - same problem. OK EMS - SB IRQ7-Its working,












Wing Commander: Armada NOT OK (ems is working on some machines) - it doesnt start, i got EMS driver is no VCPI complaint. message in ems mode, i tried min=4096 in EMS line, doesnt help, i dunno where is problem, in real mode - get issuficient dos memory available message (only 504 KB of conventional memory, 256 MB extended) In EMM NOEMS - im getting Protected mod driver not responding to EMS function calls. Make sure than EMS using RAM parameter. In realmode (Himem loaded, EMM not - i get insufficient DOS memory available..) here i have (517 KB conv. + 260 MB of free), Protected mode same message (in have 546 KB conv. and 3400 Kb free mem..) I commented CD-ROm driver for protected mod, game finally tried to load some memory - i get that 7 MB is loaded and after that black screen - bad, bad game. OK Its working fine. NOT OK No working, its the same, probably Yamaha driver or DSDMA has this problem as X58+Yamaha. NOT OK Its working in EMS, so perhaps something with Yamaha soundcard / JEMM has similar problem with it too and some JEMM. ovl is budled with game.












Crusader: no Remorse v1.01 NOT OK (NOEMS /EMS) - just soft reboot - when sound driver is loaded, no sound driver - setup is running, game is running with no sound. OK Ems): Its working. NOT OK No working, the same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Its running fine.












Darklands v 483.07 NOT OK (EMS mod required, 576 KB)- with IRQ5 music is ok, sounds not, after some loading events (like combat) i get black screen everytime. 620 KB of convMem should be good for everything.. With IRQ7 no sound and no music, but not combat crash, so problem is sound related, working only with PC speaker. NOT OK Something really work here, when is Aureal driver loaded, im getting Unable to Find EMS memory message, even i have a lot free conventional mem, no sound settings still the same.. even with less free conventional memory and no driver its starting.. I now that message is not about conv memory, but its still very strange. NOT OK Sound is not working, but not freeze in battle with sound enabled. OK Its working fine












Xatax NOT OK (ems, shareware), there is also sharware version for testing - require Setmul L1d or runtime error 200, even them, working with PC speaker only, SB Pro found, game is unable to load with it enabled - AUX, cannot initialize .. error 25. TPPatch is working you have patch main.exe too, CBpattch not worked. OK (EMS+RealMode): After proper *.exes patching its working. NOT OK No working, the same problem is same as X58+Yamaha. OK (Ems) Working fine with IRQ7.












Jazz Jackbit 1 NOT OK (ems) - Runtime error 200 - you need to patch it with RE200 patcher. At the start - AUX, cannot initialize .. error 25.. with sound driver loaded, Kamerat with (Asus P5B-Deluxe (Intel P965 +ICH8R), Core 2 Duo,Y744 - reported same problem), even with no sound setting in setup i have same problem. WIthout loaded sound driver game is working.
Stretch: tested Intel SE440BX-2 - Pentium II 233 Mhz + Yamaha 724 - and its working! - SB-Link used / so problem is not pure Yamaha driver, but in DSDMA.exe TSR needed for modern board.		 OK (realmode): Its working fine. NOT OK Not working, the same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Its working.












Ultima VII NOT OK (Realmode only, 555KB) - NOEMS - intro is playing with sound, but after in get black screen. NOEMS not loaded sound driver is the same - so no go. EMS - message remove expanded memory manager before playing Ultima. Protected mode - some memory XMS erorrs, i probably needs Himem. Realmode - goes in game, but of course without sound. Its fast as hell, so i would need slowdown. Adlib is not working too, freeze after intro and not intro sounds. OK (RealMode): SB IRQ5 its working, its too fast - but that fix slowdos /d5 (i can try to find better value but its playable) NOT OK Not working, the same problem as X58+Yamaha. NOT OK NOEMS - intro with sounds, after black screen, its the same, realmode - no sound, but im ingame - its the same as X58+Yamahas.












Duke Nukem 2 NOT OK (ems) - games sound and music is working, but im not quite sure, but there are some silent moments 1-2s, which are not in Dosbox, when you do something, its like only 1 channel would be used for music, Setmul - doesnt solve that, IRQ7 doesnt helps too. NOEMS - not sound at all. With Adlib option its working fine no silent pauses. OK (ems): working fine. NOT OK Not working, the same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Its working fine.












Ishar 1 NOT OK (ems + NOEMS its the same) - when i select sound blaster - only pc speaker sound is playing, game is running fine, IRQ7 is not solution, with Adlib music and FX working. NOT OK (ems): no sound with SB settings, IRQ7/5 tested, even no Adlib, tried to fiddle with BLAST Tx variable nothing. NOT OK Not working, same problem as X58+Yamaha. NOT OK (Ems+Noems) Its not working, not even Adlib.












Ishar 2 NOT OK (ems + NOEMS) - i need lots of conv. memory ~605KB when i select sound blaster - only pc speaker sound is playing, game is running fine, with Adlib and more free memory - music playing but no FX, even on PC speaker and its way to silent.. NOT OK (ems): no sound with SB settings IRQ7/5 tested, Adlib only music, no FX. NOT OK Not working,same problem as X58+Yamaha. NOT OK (Noems)Only music with Adlib its working.












Ishar 3 NOT OK (ems+NOEMS) - game doesnt like EMS with EMS or NOEMS- Interupt 0DH, general protection fault - possible illegal address, running in realmode but there is not Yamaha sound driver - so no sound. NOT OK (ems): no sound with SB settings IRQ7/IRQ5, no Adlib NOT OK Not working,same problem as X58+Yamaha. NOT OK (NoEMS) Nothing is working.












Monkey Island 2 NOT OK (ems+NOEMS) - to configure sound setting you have to run game with "/?" parameter, with IRQ5 nothing, with IRQ 7 Adlib is working, SB doesnt. OK (ems,SBIRQ5, irq 7 working too) - Its working fine NOT OK Not working,same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK With IRQ7 its working fine.












Master of Magic NOT OK (req ems) - setup graphics is half broken on Ati cards on Nvidia just glitches. With SB PRO for both and music - game is with working, but sound and music are broken, very similar to Dune II when expanded memory is enabled, before it crash. With Adlib for music and SB pro pro sounds its perfect, if we would game guideline, i would say working game.. Its there really difference in Adlib and SBpro Music because some games have Adlib / SB settings as 1 item? OK (ems) -Its working fine. NOT OK Not working,same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Its working fine.












Worms NOT OK (ems+NOEMS) - i getting freeze at menu screen, without loaded sound drivers its working (without sounds). OK (ems) Game is working, sound are working, bad music is problem, i had problem to say if broken, or so bad, i think that is so bad.. NOT OK Not working,same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Its working with sound.












Screamer I NOT OK (ems), when i run it with startl its working fine, when i use starth for bigger resolution, i see some introscene in highres, but after got noise and crash, i maybe Ati videochip related. Both ati cards + nvidia tested. Without Loaded sound driver+Vooodoo3+music set to cd (there no none option) its working, Voodoo3+sound enabled - crash. Geforce 220 no sound driver loaded its working too, so problem is sound driver with combination with SVGA. . OK Its tricky one, as other Screamer games, even when IRQ5 and LOW DMA is 1, its when you use autodetection in setup SB is find at IRQ7,DMA3.. even when all other games are working with IRQ5+DMA1 and not workingwith I7D3.. With IRQ5 - The game is running with sound but its freezing few minutes of playing - Dos4gw 06h... cannot load command. NOT OK Not working,same problem as X58+Yamaha. OK Its working fine, highres is ok.












Prehistoric 2 NOT OK (ems) - Working, but sound is crackling, it tried some slowdown for now without success. When new level loading there broken scrolling of level preview (ATI only) and broken sprites (Nvidia only). OK Not working in EMS with sound driver, with NOESM and sound driver, too but i see there some divide overflow error (tried runtime error 200 fixes no success, but maybe exe is compressed i dont have yet uncompress skill) With setmul l1d its too slow at least in realmode, but dont have any issues with game speed. In protected mode no sound its working with SB IRQ7- but get XMS error during level loading and use /X for other XMS driver.. Realmode IRQ7 (IRQ5 black scree) is winner - its working. NOT OK Not working,, Its the same as X58+Yamaha. Geforce 6 - graphics and scrolling is ok. NOT OK (NO/ESM) - There is very load noise sound effect mixed to normal audio and after while I got game freeze. Both IRQs tested.












Master of Orion I NOT OK - when is selected SB PRO / SB Pro - sound is broken, when i select Adlib / SB pro sound and music is fine.. As above - Master of Magic, is there only because of guidelines.. IRQ7 is not solution. OK (ems):Its working. NOT OK Not working, problem is the same as with X58+Yamaha. OK Its working fine with sound.












Tyrian NOT OK (ems) same problem as Xatax and Jazz1, there some DPMI loader which detect SB even without driver but cant inicializace it, using same *.ovl problematic driver. To fix Runtime error 200, you have to patch all *.exe which are not working with it, no only tyrian.exe.. OK After *.exe patching(Runtime error 200 mitigation) its working. NOT OK Not working, problem is same as X58+Yamaha NOT OK Setup si working only in Realmode, there is not IRQ settings, only DMA, only music can be set up, but even that in EMS+NOEMS reboot or start freeze.












Turrican II NOT OK (realmode) - refuse to work in EMS or EMS mode so no sound on Yamahas, in realmode is not working even without nosound, no enough memory, when i did temporary clean up its running fine without sounds.. !Live req. EMS too, so no fix. NOT OK (realmode) - Game is running sound too, but there is periodic unwanted sound, tested with IRQ5+7, setmul tested, slowdos tested, SB, SBPRO tested, its still the same. NOT OK Not working, because of nature of problem is the same as with X58+Yamaha. No Yamaha sound driver for Realmode.. NOT OK Game needs realmode with not compatible with EMS only !Live driver, so not fun at all..












Railroad Tycoon version 455.00 NOT OK - 1990 (ems) - same start freeze at title as had civilization 1, probably because of same library Mgraphic.exe - for civilization we fixed it with Hex editor, at max CPU cycles this freeze could be simulated in Dosbox too, setmul l1d or other slowdos utilities dont fix it.. thread for Microprose games fixing Core 2+G6+!Live freeze even before logo. Core2+Yamaha same problem. OK (ems): Same problem as expected, its X58 problem (game is crashing on everything faster that P3 450, it could be simulated in Dosbox too) NOT OK Game is crashing on everything faster that P3 450, it could be simulated in Dosbox too) NOT OK Game is crashing on everything faster that P3 450, it could be simulated in Dosbox too)












Quarantine I NOT OK (Realmode/Protected mode) - EMS - reboot, NOEMS and protected mode - working without sound, NOEMS and sound device selected in setup - freeze. With too fast, with Setmul too slow, so it needs slowdos (/d5 seems fine). There is some sound.drv maybe exist new version.. OK (EMS) - freeze during game start, NOEMS Transfer stack overflow - ODh, Realmode+IRQ7- Game starts with clicking sound, free in menu. Loaded sound driver but PC speaker sound, its working. Success (Realmode/Protected mode): Ok with SB IRQ5+Sound blaster (NO PRO) a Slowdos /d5 - its working fine. NOT OK Not working, same problem as with X58+Yamaha. NOT OK Core2+G6+!Live -setup is working, but game is not running DOS/4GW 2001 error in EMS, IRQ5/IRQ7 tested.


































Sheet 2: SoundcardsOsSupport
Card / OS Support* Dos7.1* Win98SE WinXP32bit Win7 64bit Win10 64bit Linux MacOS (HackingTosh)
Legend:
Yamaha 744** Y Y Y N N Y untested, probably not..
*MB Supported needed.. Some DMA passthrough things etc..,
Aureal Vortex 1*** Y Y Y N N Y untested, probably not..
** Pure DOS Compatibility should be same for Yamaha 724
Aureal Vortex 2*** Y Y Y N N Y untested, probably not..
*** Pured Compatibility of Vortex 1 and 2 should same or very similar
ESS Solo-1 Y Y Y ?, probably doesnt exist ?, probably doesnt exist Y untested, probably not..
**** Only some Audigy and !Live types have Windows 98 and pure Dos support, check you SB*** or CT***
CMI8738-PCI Y Y Y Y Y Y untested, but kext exist

SB Audigy ZS SB160**** Y Y Y Y Y Y untested, but there is Kx MacOS driver

SB !Live CT4830**** Y* Y Y Y, Kx driver Y, Kx driver Y untested, but there is Kx MacOS driver
If you can clean ? - Post in Vogons thread..
RealtekHD integrated N N Y Y Y Y Y




















If want to know details about Sound card vs. chipset compatibility especifialy for other than used chipset, check this:
Quality of pure Dos supports depends on quality of pure Dos drivers and their chipset support - so Creative cards, only look best..







Kamerats PCI sounds card vs. chipset compatibility sheet










How to understand results:







deGoGation project by Phil(TM)- migration of Gog games to pure Dos
- you can say that results are self-explanatory... well, i have to say that there is lots of superstition against new fast machines in community even at Vogons. My results proven that there not difference between X58 and i865 compability when you are using Yamaha PCI cards.. So Core 2 platform, even Duron at 800MHz still need Yamaha DSDMA.exe driver, which cause main compatibility problems with some games, so i would have to use very new old PC (Super socket) to mitigate them, but with when you will lose real XP+(there to slow for proper XP gaming) / Linux / Mac OS etc.. compatibility for multiboot.
But is not so simple Core 2 Duo and other machine have older advantage, you can use much more PCI soundcards, with X58 at the time we need that my Yamahas 7x4 and Aureal Vortex 1/2 are working with Core 2 Duo would work lots of others.. and there even Core 2 board with native ISA slots (best Sound compatibility and much less hassle to find right configuration). Modern machines with PCI cards, always need more effort that old ones, but with guide like this, you safe lots of time and with community effort we can find the way how to make working even more games.. Core 2 are also probably where are working Voodoo cards in pure DOS (there is 30 pure Dos glide games(Vooodoo1), 25 of them is working with V2 and 15 with Vooodoo 3 and maybe 8 them are actually good and make sense to play..)
Be aware that this sheet (unless of my Vogons megapost) doesnt care about sound quality unless sound is broken (crackling etc), so i game compatibility is only one of criteria of proper sound card selection (to be honest still better worse sound and unplayble game.. but you are enthusiants you should replace soundcard for particular game or have multiple of them in you pc.. - on modern machines card is sound card without loaded sound driver just dead piece of metal, so i should be such compatibility problem but i didnt tested it, i dont have enough free PCI slots.. on my primary testing machine.. you could enhance guide with this info).
If you have Dos developement skill you help project a lots, i dont mind some HW donations for testing too:)









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Sheet 3: MemorySettingsModes-Slowdowners
In first sheet is always commentioned in which pure Dos memory setting mode was game tested..


Modes**/*** Explanation (there different modes of Dos mem setting, which affect games compatibility):
EMS means HIMEM.SYS + EMM386.EXE in EMS mode (EMM386.exe RAM)
NOEMS means HIMEM.SYS + EMM386.EXE in NOEMS mode (EMM386.exe NOEMS)
Realmode HIMEM.SYS loaded, no loaded EMM386.exe at all, if you MB supports it you can use in this mode UMBPCI.sys to incread free Conventional Memory Size..
Protected mode No Himmem.SYS. No EMM386.exe






You can download my ultimate config files and drivers and utils package:
here - post is quite long search for world Ultimate and Drivers
*Because of too much memory problem (more than 512MB+) you have to use HimemX.exe or Burnmem.sys + Himem.sys instead of Himem.sys only
**You can simulated same modes with alternative memory managers like JEMM, QEMM, but they are not 100% compatible.
***Often its doesnt means, that game not works in other mode, only that is proven that it works, in mode, if game required some mode, its often mention in text, but not everytime..


Slowdowners
- in text is often mentioned Setmul or Slowdos - these are CPU slowdown utilities which are needed for some games on very fast CPUs
Setmul - l is used to disabling you L1 cache, which slowdown my X5660 somewhere to slow 486 - 300 times..Syntax: setmul l1d // for cache disable setmul l1ed // to re-enable, note its not working on some machine and with some memory settings modes
Slowdos Scalable slowdowner Syntax is Slowdos /dXX and XX is number for slowdown delay - bigger slower machine.. Increase is by 0.05 so it could be very precisse.

Sheet 4: ToDO
Item Note(Optimal)
Additional notes:
- add all info from Vogons post..

- created by RuThaN with Vogons members support..
- automatic card % compatibility calculations

- Dissusions to sheet at Vogons

Sheet 5: Workbench-IgnoreThis
intel z97
Core i7 4770S
32 , DDR3
intel Z97
Core i5-4440S
12, DDR3