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Which card would be good for a 386dx40 system

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First post, by GalironR

Posted on 2024-04-16, 02:53

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I'm building a new 386dx40 system will be just dos 6.22 for older games and such and suck on a sound card. IM leaning towards a CT3600. Im leaning towards it as its an older card and I know the company and more so its in my preferred price range which I prefer to be around $50. Will this be a good card for the system game compat wise or is there a better choice in the around $50 range.
EDIT: I may install windows 3.1/3.11 on it as well but thats a not the main use for the system.

Reply 1 of 3, by leileilol

Posted on 2024-04-16, 02:59

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The CT3600's more suited for 486s and Pentiums as that's when the SF2 fun happened post-1994. (it's an AWE card sans AWE branding and sans YMF262) Authentic SB16s would probably be too TSR heavy and muffled (and not much advantage taken of as all the 16-bit audio games were later) so leaning towards SB Pro 2 or a CS4231-48 card with SB Pro 2 compatibility (i.e. Aztech)

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Reply 2 of 3, by GalironR

Posted on 2024-04-16, 04:16

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Ok that sounds good then. The cs4231 cards on ebay are ok prices and yea i just want to play games and hear the sound ok im not an audiophile so it doenst need to be perfect 🤣 must less with the price of the sb pros 🤣

Reply 3 of 3, by Grzyb

Posted on 2024-04-16, 04:35

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leileilol wrote on 2024-04-16, 02:59:

Authentic SB16s would probably be too TSR heavy

SB16 cards don't need any memory-resident drivers.
First generation is configured by jumpers only, no need for drivers at all.
Later generations require software initialization, but it doesn't stay in memory.

But I do agree that SB16 may be overkill for a 386.
SB Pro compatible (Crystal, ESS, and many others) should be fine.

Nie tylko, jak widzicie, w tym trudność, że nie zdołacie wejść na moją górę, lecz i w tym, że ja do was cały zejść nie mogę, gdyż schodząc, gubię po drodze to, co miałem donieść.

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