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Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-14, 02:13

Nice catch . I hope it works (my last used Geforce 3 Ti200 was DOA :( ) . Funny you should say that... just tested it, and it works fine, but the fan does NOT (turn at all!).... 😂 So, after a few minutes of Doom2, the metal of the cooler element gets somewhat hot, but not anywhere near scorching. …

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-14, 01:19

Given my personal luck with video cards even a GF3 Ti-200 would be considered extremely welcome... Geforce FX 5500 128-bit to Geforce FX 5900 variants are easy to find and relatively affordable . Maybe less glamour than GF3, but definitely serviceable, IMHO . LOL : I just saw an FX5900 for sale …

Re: Collecting rants

Posted on 2020-09-14, 01:10

Heh, talking about 'mislabeled' Radeons.... I saw a someone earlier this year presumably selling a boxed Radeon 9250 with some stuff inside, but only showing pictures of the (original) box etc, and then the card itself lying inside in a very obscuring metallic antitstatic bag. Now, having been …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-14, 00:46

I have already filled out the form for one. It became clear that even if it didn't do everything it does enough to be worth it. I'm a bit sceptical about that list of games that support the SB16 because as I understand it a lot of them just put 8 bit audio through to it regardless - although I …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 23:13

So the only thing there I'm unsure of (and most of it confirms what I had thought) is 16 bit audio. Am I likely to want 16 bit audio in DOS? It's looking like the Orpheus and the SBlive at the moment. Here is a list of games that explicitly support the SB16 . I do not know how accurate that list is …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 22:47

Are SB16 and AWE32 a big deal? And by that I mean I don't know when they would be used instead of SBpro and what difference they would make GUS for me isn't too big a deal, I know it would be nice but I've decided no. AWE32/64 (EMU8000) are nice to have if you like playing with soundfonts (for that …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 22:22

Oh hang on a minute - that Orpheus card seems to be something special. It has proper MIDI and an OPL3 and both SB and SBpro compatbility. It has a wavetable header which I don't expect I'll use, but it's nice to know I could. I thought the AWE64 legacy was the only game in town and I had been …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 22:07

AFAIK, that is only present if you run wave audio at more than 11Kz . See https://www.vogons.org/viewtopic.php?t=66920 If that bothers, as an alternative to getting a dedicated MPU-401, you can always add another ISA sound card for wave audio . I know, but reducing settings like that is not in my …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 21:31

Thanks folks. I wasn't aware of the 11 khz thing. Is there a recommendation for an alternative card to add in for digital/MIDI other than the relatively expensive Hard MPU card? I would suggest an SB Pro compatible card with an MPU-401 compatible port . That way you a) Get to keep SB16 16-bit 44. …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 21:08

In my experience the slowdown/pausing in Duke 3D and TIE fighter is so bad that it makes the games unplayable. I haven´t tested this extensively but I remember starting the games and going "this is unplayable in practice" and getting a dedicated MPU-401 card. AFAIK, that is only present if you run …

Re: Final sound setup - have I missed anything out?

Posted on 2020-09-13, 21:04

I've been trying to get my head around sound for DOS, and as I'm sure you're all aware it's a rabbit hole. However I think I have now sorted out what I need and when I get some time I'll get it all working and tested, but I thought it would be a good idea to ask here in case someone can identify an …

Re: New sound card project: AWE64 Legacy

Posted on 2020-09-13, 20:15

I imagine that the 49,716Hz digital output from the OPL core those cards gets re-sampled to 44.1 KHz for SPDIF output, or does it and if so how ? The output sample rate of the OPL3 does get converted by the EMU8000, but the exact means (presumably) remains speculative. There was a whole thread …

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