Re: [Help]An acceptable Windows XP Gaming System

Posted on 2022-05-02, 08:10

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Yes but was EAX really limited to WinXP exclusively ? I remember Win98SE had EAX too and working compatible drivers for EAX sound cards. Indeed, EAX has been around since '98. That's when the first Sound Blaster Live was introduced. You can certainly use EAX under Win98 and it works just fine. But …

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Re: [Help]An acceptable Windows XP Gaming System

Posted on 2022-05-02, 07:59

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by Joseph_Joestar

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user33331 wrote on 2022-05-02, 07:54: I still think EAX and THX 3D sounds are overhyped. I don't know about THX, but if you like playing stealth games like the Splinter Cell and the Thief series, having EAX greatly enhances the atmosphere.

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2)

Posted on 2022-05-01, 19:45

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I always thought the Audigy AudioHQ wouldn't work from on SBLive, since the SBLive has half the microcode registers. Does the Audigy reverb algorithm work on SBLive? I think you meant to post in the other guide thread, but I'll answer here anyhow. You can't get EAX Advanced HD on a SBLive, even …

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Re: Digital game collection addiction

Posted on 2022-05-01, 18:27

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by Joseph_Joestar

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IF the game has a GOG version and IF the /updated for modern PCs/ version doesn't have its own issues on old PCs. GOG releases are convenient, but I'm not entirely yet sure if they are always the best option. I'm planning to investigate the topic. I posted some of my thoughts on GOG here . In …

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Re: Guide: Installing DOS drivers on an Audigy2 ZS (version 2)

Posted on 2022-05-01, 15:22

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Guide updated to version 2. New in this release: You can now install various Creative Utilities such as AudioHQ, Speaker Settings, EAX Console etc. You can now select additional speaker setup options (for example 4.1 and 5.1) instead of just stereo The "Digital Output Only", "Bass Redirection", " …

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Re: Guide: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live (version 2)

Posted on 2022-05-01, 14:46

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Guide updated to version 2. New in this release: You can now install various Creative Utilities such as AudioHQ, Surround Mixer etc. You can now select additional speaker setup options (for example 4.1 and 5.1) instead of just stereo The "Digital Output Only", "Bass Redirection", "SPDIF Bypass" and …

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Re: Using Audigy drivers with a Sound Blaster Live

Posted on 2022-05-01, 13:31

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Note: the initial post in this thread has now been updated with a new version of the guide which uses a slightly different approach. I'm archiving the original version here, in case someone still wants to use that. ARCHIVED version 1 of the guide 0. Introduction: So why would anyone want to do this? …

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Re: VOGONS Driver Library

Posted on 2022-05-01, 09:37

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I just noticed that someone uploaded the Sound Blaster Live 5.1 Platinum driver CD and application disk on archive.org. Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum Driver CD Sound Blaster Live! 5.1 Platinum Applications CD Leaving the links here in case we want to mirror this, or if someone is looking for that …

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Re: Suprised by how good the AWE64 is, sc-55 upgrade worth it?

Posted on 2022-05-01, 08:28

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by Joseph_Joestar

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If you want a quick comparison between the two, I have recordings of some common tracks from Doom, Duke3D and Tyrian here: SC-155 vs. AWE64 As previously mentioned, many game composers in the '90s used a Sound Canvas for creating their music. Therefore, the games they worked on tend to sound best on …

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Re: Three sound cards for my SS7 Time Machine. But which?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 18:27

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by Joseph_Joestar

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The stuttering bug only happens when the SB16 or AWE card is used for digitized sound and MIDI music at the same time. It won't happen if another sound card is used for digitized sound or vice versa. That is correct. I only mentioned this because OP had an AWE card slotted in for MPU-401 duties. …

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Re: Three sound cards for my SS7 Time Machine. But which?

Posted on 2022-04-30, 17:29

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by Joseph_Joestar

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One of the cards has to serve as an interface for external modules and therefore should have no hanging notes bug (both Type 1 and Type 2). Note that AWE64 cards are not entirely free of MPU-401 bugs. There's an issue which makes external MIDI devices stutter in games which use higher sample rates …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy1

Posted on 2022-04-30, 11:57

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I did a few more benchmarks after force-installing the Audigy2 ZS drivers on my Audigy1. Using those drivers, both cards are now fairly equal in terms of performance, with just a single FPS difference at most. That's pretty much within margin of error, so I'm very satisfied with these results. …

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Re: Some eBay sellers are assholes

Posted on 2022-04-30, 02:13

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I had a similar experience on my local classifieds site. A guy was selling a bunch of GPUs, including an FX5900, but had no photos of that card in the listing. When I asked to see some pics, he demanded more money. I said that I might consider it if he would test the card to show me that it was …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy1

Posted on 2022-04-29, 19:45

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I just realized that running SATA in RAID mode somehow makes it impossible for EMM386.EXE to utilize EMS. This apparently occurs because the memory address space which is normally used for this purpose gets occupied by the RAID controller. The error message I kept getting was: "EMM386 not installed …

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Re: Bought these (retro) hardware today

Posted on 2022-04-29, 16:55

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by Joseph_Joestar

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...recently bought... also for projects...All are 256MB. All but two are some kind of Corsair Platinum/Ultra/XMS, whatever 'go-faster' branded. Out of curiosity, what's the retro use case for DDR > 400 modules, other than overclocking? I think I still have two KingMax 512 MB DDR500 sticks that I …

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Re: What retro activity did you get up to today?

Posted on 2022-04-29, 09:38

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Tried the Goldmine demo which comes on the Audigy driver CD. It's a pretty neat showcase of EAX Advanced HD (aka EAX3). I like that the demo shows you how everything sounds with EAX3 on and off for comparison. The Environmental Morphing and Exclusion examples were pretty impressive, especially when …

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Re: Aureal Vortex 2 and DirectX 8

Posted on 2022-04-29, 06:47

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by Joseph_Joestar

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in Marvin \ General Old Hardware

i finally had a chance to try out the turtle beach drivers they did install on the non turtle beach card and they work but the sound glitches were still a thing. Interesting. Does this happen for you in Quake 3 as well? Note that you need to use patch 1.17 or earlier for Q3, since the newer patches …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-04-28, 20:02

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Right, there it was, turned off as you said. When I was getting the card I was looking for a ZS but couldn't find one at a decent price and picked up a regular one instead. Nice! Good to know that the regular Audigy2 is not affected by this issue. Looks like I unknowingly lucked out as the analog …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-04-28, 18:06

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by Joseph_Joestar

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Interesting, I've wondered about how much sound cards can affect FPS. I should one day get a SB Live or something and test does that increase/decrease FPS on my 650MHz P3 that has Audigy 2. Phil has a video where he benchmarks the performance impact of various sound cards, albeit on a SS7 platform. …

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Re: Athlon64 3000+ / Asus K8V-MX / GeForce4 / Audigy2 ZS

Posted on 2022-04-28, 14:45

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by Joseph_Joestar

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I've switched out the Audigy2 ZS for an Audigy1 + LiveDrive. The main reason is that wasn't happy with how CD audio sounded on the ZS. For starters, the "CD Digital" volume slider was simply unavailable on the Audigy2 ZS when VxD drivers were used. This means that even if you physically connect your …

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