Which is better sound card, Opti 931 or SB16? \ VOGONS

Which is better sound card, Opti 931 or SB16?

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First post, by markot

Posted on 2015-09-06, 08:36

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I could get an OPTi 931 82c931MED 3931 Ver1.0 sound card for some euros, but if compared this to an ISA Sound Blaster 16, which would be better with old games? I already have a SB16 but I was also thinking if I should buy this Opti 931 card.

The Opti card is similar to this one:

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Reply 1 of 2, by PeterLI

Posted on 2015-09-06, 09:03

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Reply 2 of 2, by alexanrs

Posted on 2015-09-06, 09:29

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The 82C931 is supposed to have a craptastic OPL3 clone. The older OPTi chipsets usually come with discrete OPL chips and they are usually OK.

I think this one is fine enough as long as you want to use General MIDI, and doesn't have the hanging note bug, in case you are having trouble with that. You could even put them in the same system, and disable most of what you can of the OPTi (except MPU port), leave the card in WSS mode, mute FM snthesis and run its line out into the SB16's line in to have the best of both worlds.

If you are not interested in using daughterboards or external modules... I'd skip it.

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