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First post, by sliderider

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aureal_Vortex

"All Vortex soundcards are still functional with latest Windows 2000/Windows XP drivers in Windows Vista and Windows 7 (32 bit editions only)."

The last time I checked (which wasn't that long ago) there were no drivers for Aureal Vortex cards beyond Windows ME. Maybe one of you guys with more Wiki cred than I have should go in and fix that.

Reply 1 of 5, by Joey_sw

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theres two type device drivers known for win98SE or winME, the VXD or WDM.

the VXD type absolutely wont work on NT system. period.
But WDM type are kinda hit & miss, might or might not work on NT 5.x (x86 only),
though i highly skeptic it would works on NT 6.x even if its x86.

-fffuuu

Reply 2 of 5, by d1stortion

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XP has built-in drivers for those cards. They are just of limited use and probably unstable though.

Reply 3 of 5, by Old Thrashbarg

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I guess it depends what they call 'functional'. I consider it a bit of a stretch. There are drivers that will allow a Vortex card to produce sound in the newer OSes (Vista and 7 32-bit included), but that's about all they'll do. It's two channels only, no A3D, and I don't believe the control panels and such work either. Basically, none of the interesting features of the cards are supported.

Reply 4 of 5, by F2bnp

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At least you can use your daughterboard in Win7 x86 😀.

Reply 5 of 5, by socram8888

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F2bnp wrote:

At least you can use your daughterboard in Win7 x86 😀.

If it doesn't even anything but the basic audio subsystem, I doubt it will support the embedded MPU401 port.