Hi!
I have one pentiumII pc and 2 options for sound card.
What would you prefer?
SB16 ct1750+nec xr385 or YMF724 PCI soundcard.
My motherboard has SBlink.
I run Win98, and DOS games thru win98.
I am really confused about this. I like them both 😁
I did some reading and I would totally go for:
SB16 ct1750+nec xr385
both shall have no compatibility problems for win98 and dos games, i would go with ymf724 cause sb16 has worse sound quality with lots of noises. ymf724 also has superior hardware mixing support in windows aswell.
Does the YMF724 have a Wavetable header? The SoftSynth in that should be fine, but the XR385 offers better MIDI playback.
ymf724 has xg inside, and has no wt header.
I have a GUS classic and I wanted to put something inside for SB pro/16 compatibility. YMF724 gave me the option of having GM in some games (DOS games in Win98). I wanted to put SB16 on other PC, but I'm afraid that I might have some compatibility issues with yamaha, even though it has sblink connected. I understand that SB16 has worst sound quality, But i changed the opamps for TL074, I know I must recalculate gains, but sound is so much cleaner than it was, no more hiss, or distortion in OPL3 when we have bass or drums. My machine is almost ready, I just need an USB2.0 card with internal idc10 pin connector and that's it.
