I have no idea why you'd be getting that message. Only thing I can think of trying is enabling one of those "memory status lies" that hopefully are still part of Windows these days, but I don't remember how to work Application Compatibility Administrator in years. Does anything happen if you run …

Thanks for the feedback. Indeed I have installed the EAX 5.0 Creative patch and I'm running the 32bit version of UT2004. I've tried adding the above config in the UT2004/System folder but get the same error. The UT2004 log shows: Log: ALAudio: AL_OUT_OF_MEMORY in Init (creating transient source) …

I have UT2004 installed from GOG with the Creative X-fi patch installed so supporting EAX 5.0 via OpenAL. I output all my audio via HDMI from a GTX 1080 ti to my Onkyo TX-SR705 with a 5.1 speaker configuration. With OpenAL Soft v1.23.1, I can't get UT2004 to output any sound at all with H/W 3D + EAX …

I'm thinking of building a retro PC for Windows 9x/XP gaming and I'm thinking I'd get a Radeon 9800 Pro (I had a Radeon 9700 Pro years ago and my nostalga misses it a lot!). I've found a Gigabyte Radeon 9800 Pro in what looks to be good working condition but I've no idea what it should be worth. I'm …