Reply 55540 of 56042, by PcBytes
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Welp, since it was late and I couldn't do much, I just resorted to firing up an MP3 of Rob Zombie - Dragula on the AWE32, with an Altec Lansing VS4121 system connected to it.
This card is absolutely amazing. I've never heard sound so clear being outputted before. Aside from my ole' CT2770A (which kinda makes sense given the 3900 design basically incorporates a SB16 to an extent), none of my other cards (SB Audigy 1394, SB Live 5.1, Aureal Vortex 2 AU8830A2, ESS AudioDrive 1869F, etc.) come anywhere near close to how this AWE32 sounds. For $73, it was worth it.
For those curious, the bench build used was:
- Epox EP-51MVP3E-M
- 768MB RAM
- AMD K6-II+ 500MHz
- 36GB Seagate ST336607LW 10K RPM SCSI HDD @ Adaptec AHA-2940UW controller w/ Win98SE installed
- Diamond Stealth S540 16MB + Voodoo 2 12MB PCI
- NEC USB2 card
- RTL8169C Gigabit LAN (which runs at full speed, surprisingly, and good god I never saw 98SE download stuff THIS fast.)
"Enter at your own peril, past the bolted door..."
Main PC: i5 3470, GB B75M-D3H, 16GB RAM, 2x1TB
98SE : P3 650, Soyo SY-6BA+IV, 384MB RAM, 80GB