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Which soundcard should I choose? (can't use both-stll love ISA though)

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First post, by Dabombinable

Posted on 2016-09-14, 23:22

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I'm kind of finding it difficult to choose between these couple of soundcards, both of which I can't find much on (nothing at all for my specific ES186X card-not even an image). I do have the drivers for both though, with the ESS card being recognised by Windows 98SE (SP3):

Expertcolor MED3931 Ver 2.0

ES186X REV98

Which is going to be a better choice? Because unlike my AWE64, (dead) AWE64 Gold and Vibra16C, I don't know anything about both of them.

Edit: BTW, I will be using it with a Celeron 333A on an Intel SE440BX-2 (with onboard audio that sounds better than a SB Live Value, but doesn't work properly all the time).

Reply 1 of 2, by Imperious

Posted on 2016-09-15, 02:15

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the ESS card is supposed to have very good sbpro compatibility, and just get the generic ESS drivers off vogons drivers.

Looks like the Expert color card uses a Opti 931 chipset.

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