doaks80 wrote:No, get an Audigy1 or Live.
Yes. The Windows 98 DOS prompt support is disabled in Audigy 2 driver.
MKT_Gundam wrote:Is the front panel compatible with a live card? Mine is 4760 ( gold plated one)
No, it is not. Live model doesn't matter, they all (Live+Audigy1) have identical 40-pin pinouts. All Live/Audigy1 front panels are compatible with each other and have a same pinouts. The Audigy2 front panels are different compared to Live/Audigy1 and aren't compatible, have another pinout scheme. By the way X-Fi has identical compatible pinout to Audigy2.
MKT_Gundam wrote:The Audigy 1 feature the custom soundfont like the live?
Yes. And Audigy2 also.
doaks80 wrote:The Audigy1 is basically just a better Live, that does everything the Live does including DOS compat.
No, it isn't. Audigy1 is totally newer DSP compared to Live. With hardware EAX3 support. And yes, it does everything the Live does including DOS.
doaks80 wrote:But if you are using the audician for DOS, the Audigy2 makes an excellent Win98 card, if not the best of all.
For Windows XP - probably, yes. For Windows 98/ME - rather no.
Audigy 1 has hardware EAX3, 5.1 sound, DD decoding, SB16 Emulation
Audigy 2 has hardware EAX3, 6.1 sound, P16V DVD Audio, DD decoding
Audigy 2ZS has hardware EAX3, software EAX4 (via driver), 7.1 sound, P16V DVD Audio, DD decoding, DTS ES decoding, ASIO2
You may use Audigy 2/2ZS advantages in Windows XP but not in Windows 98 😀 In Win98 all three Audigys are the same on practice.