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Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-08, 12:43

So, for my needs, should I get one or two of these? Sound Blaster 16, Sound Blaster Pro, Sound Blaster Pro 2, Aztech SC400, ESS Audiodrive 1868f, Or something else? I'm gonna admit, I'd prefer to pay more for SB Pro 2, because it seems the best. :) I think you should start with ESS Audiodrive 1868f …

Re: Pros and cons of sound cards

Posted on 2021-04-06, 19:28

[...]for example MOKTAR, for some reason only PC Speaker plays) or some have issues (like Duke Nukem 2). Moktar (Titus the Fox) is speed sensitive when it comes to sound initialization. It works and runs best with a CPU speed between 386DX-40 and a 486DX-33 (so ~ 20 - 25 FPS in 3DBench 1.0c). Also, …

Re: Win98 monster

Posted on 2021-04-04, 15:32

I've used PATCHMEM many times in the past, on a heap of different chipsets, with up to 2 GB RAM and I've never had any issues with it. If you're still experiencing instability with a fresh Windows 98 installation + PATCHMEM (emphasis on 'fresh'), then you probably have another hardware issue/ …

Re: Sound card advice for SS7 build

Posted on 2021-04-03, 10:08

The Yamaha YMF718/719 is great, but not perfect. So it depends greatly on which games you want to play. For example, one of my favorite games is Prehistorik, and unfortunately the YMF718/719 has issues with it (stuttering whenever digital sounds are played back). Of course, it does work in pure …

Re: Why I do this

Posted on 2021-03-31, 19:47

weedeewee wrote on 2021-03-31, 19:41: How do you count dual or quad cpu computers? It must be a bit late for my brain, but not sure what you mean 😁 Joakim wrote on 2021-03-31, 19:43: I'm looking at your signature and see a lack of socket 479.! 😉 There’s a lack of many sockets, but I try as much as …

Re: Voodoo3 underperforming?

Posted on 2021-03-28, 14:14

This is a pretty common issue, and I've had it on all the Ali Aladdin V boards that I tried, including the Asus P5A rev 1.04. The solution is to use the Ali AGP Tool: Manual settings --> Frame Buffer Size: set to "All" & Write Allocation: "Enable without Hole". Save and restart. I've used this ALI …

Re: P3 1.4GHz "performs like a P4 2GHz..."

Posted on 2021-03-28, 09:26

in Milliways
I don't think there ever was a specific way to program for an early P4 in order to make it faster than a late P3. The only real advantage the P4 had (in its early form) was SSE2 and more memory bandwidth. Regarding SSE2, yeah, one could specifically take advantage of it when programming, but by the …

Re: Voodoo 2 - Heatsinks Needed?

Posted on 2021-03-26, 15:55

This video by Phil addresses this issue very well. I can confirm that a dual fan bracket below the card is more than enough to properly cool any Voodoo card, including Voodoo 3 PCI cards with those pesky voltage regulators that run even hotter than the chip (they can easily hit 90+ C in a closed …

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