The breakout box of the Hercules Game Theater XP does RCA out on all 5.1 channels, as well as digital/optical out, which probably does Dolby Digital 5.1/AC3. Sorry but probably it doesnt. The point if this thread is the difficulty of finding a card that ouputs DD 5.1/DTS 5.1 from optical, and …

I know the Aureal Vortex 2's actually did support this, but Aureal had a Dolby license issue and it was disabled in the later drivers. I never investigated this much, might be worth a look to see if it's present in the <2041 drivers. Sorry, I dont have an Aureal Vortex 2 and couldnt get one for the …

Hello guys, I just acquired after 20 years of wanting one, a 5.1 Sony Home Theater , and god it sounds fantastic. Already tried PS3,PS4,XO,X360 using optical audio directly from consoles or coaxial from TV, and succesfully hear 5.1 using DTS or DD(AC3). Thing is, I wanted to try old games from …

Hello guys, I just acquired after 20 years of wanting one, a 5.1 Sony Home Theater , and god it sounds fantastic. Already tried PS3,PS4,XO,X360 using optical audio directly from consoles or coaxial from TV, and succesfully hear 5.1 using DTS or DD(AC3). Thing is, I wanted to try old games from …

Graphics card My choice: 7800 or 7900 GTX. This was a tough one. I wanted a DirectX9 card because DX10 cards "emulated" DX9 causing some performance issues for DX9 games not to mention graphical glitches in some games. Can you give any specific example on this? Because I'm well aware that there are …

Well, I decided to put the Vortex card on the PII400 and the Live! Value on the PIII866. So far so good, I will post 3dmark2001se results later and some experiences! Thanks!

Problem with 4:3 LCD's is most are older, and their response time and/or color reproduction is worse compared to newer widescreen LCD's of the same series. If you buy a new 4:3 monitor, it'll cost you much more compared to a similar widescreen (e.g. Dell has some new 1280x1024 (5:4) for $120/$200, …

I'd prefer looking at smooth soft picture rather than staring at huge ugly razor sharp pixels I cant disagree with you more, of course this is up to each. I always prefer razor sharp pixel that cut my eyes rather soft picture. Im not alone and many old guys like me think the same, there is even a …

Wow, this is a very complicated post. I would do the following: Keep it simple. I would assemble the lowest and the highest performance parts so you can get to play the oldest games on period correct hardware and try to avoid problems with new hardware, and assemble the best retro pc you can do with …

I have no problem running V2 SLI even on Core 2 Quad. "Period correct hardware" is a silly and unpractical self-limitation really. As long as you dont have issues with new processors with older games, Im also fine with your comment. I find a Core 2 Quad absolutely overpowered and underutilized as …

LHN91 wrote: Which SB Live! model do you have in particular? Its a Sound Blaster Live! VALUE salvaged from a OEM PC. I can post the model number later today.

Also, I could get, if someone recommends it, a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 SE PCI card, but cost is high and cant see the benefits.

Hi, everyone, I'm 33 and I have been playing with PC parts since I was 3 years old. I always upgraded my PC myself, and memory starts to fade, so now I need your help. I'm interested in retro gaming and started to get old hardware to play mainly games from Win98SE era. I have to PCs: 1. Pentium 3 …

Bought myself a rather special GeForce 7950 GT card. Seller's photo: http://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/ywUAAOSwhvFZDyHP/s-l1600.jpg What makes this special is I researched and confirmed the model # (and seller confirmed it on the sticker): this is XFX's "XXX" edition 512MB 7950 GT. The fastest stock- …

Okay, so here's the situation with this.. I've tried several clean installs of Win98 SE and WinME on my i945p computer. I have a 6800 Ultra 512MB PCI-E card. I have working chipset drivers for this chipset for Win9x, that's not the issue.. I'm using nvidia drivers revision 81.98 and the only mod I …