rec.autos.simulators

> > > Does this card (or the Sonic Fury UK equivalent) have functional DOS
SB
> > emulation drivers?

> >     Yes, as long as you run under windows, I don't believe there are
> actual
> > DOS drivers.  You also may need to be careful to assign a well-known irq
> > (like irq5) to the dos emulator under win98 with certain older games.
> I've
> > run Gabriel Knight1, SystemShock1 and others with no sound issues.

> > Also be aware that there are rumours TurtleBeach is getting out of the
> > soundcard business, if that worries you.  The SantaCruz is a mature card
> > tho, and quite stable.

> > rms

> Thanks. That does worry me. The last card I bought was an Aureal Vortex 2
> (much better than any Creative junk), so Creative immediately put them out
> of business.

> Had to abandon it only because of lack of new drivers as a result - using
an
> SB Live that someone else threw away.
> I don't want to repeat that! (Any alternatives?).

> >  Now you know how I felt about my previous card, an Aureal Vortex 2.
> >Creative bought up Aureal so the Vortex 3 would never see the light of
day
> >and crush EAX.  Ah well.  Probably that Indy owner is the funding for
> >Creative... hehehehe

> >dave henrie

> The Santa Cruz is no more stable than my FortissimoII or Audigy2
> is/was. In fact, under Win98 it was quite unstable and gave me the
> dreaded BSOD in a few games.

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> >I have never had a Santa Cruz related problem.  It is by far the most
> >trouble-free piece of computer hardware I've owned, and that says a lot
for
> >a Sound Card.

> >You couldn't give me a Creative SoundBlocker Live!

> >Larry

> You've never ran it under Win9x then Larry. Why do you think TB put
> out those (also crappy) WDM drivers for Win98SE? I'll tell you -
> because they were well aware that the Win9x VXD drivers are flaky.
> Audigy2 comes with both VXD and WDM drivers for Win9x and the only
> suitable option for a Win98SE *gamer* is to use the VXD drivers.
> Because while the WDM drivers work in Win98SE they perform horribly
> (low frame rates and pauses when loading .wav files). Santa Cruz is
> good hardware with great drivers for XP, but crappy ones for Win9x, I
> speak from experience. And don't go comparing an Audigy2 to a Live!
> Completely different animals. I would run a Fortissimo card on Win98
> before I would run an SC on it. Both based on similar sound chips but
> Hercules has the better drivers. As I said I speak from experience as
> I have owned/own Santa Cruz/FortissimoII/Audigy2 and have run many
> games on all of those cards on both Win98SE and XP. Some people do
> have a problem with the Audig2 but that will teach them for buying VIA
> ***mb's.

> > > > Does this card (or the Sonic Fury UK equivalent) have functional DOS
> SB
> > > emulation drivers?

> > >     Yes, as long as you run under windows, I don't believe there are
> > actual
> > > DOS drivers.  You also may need to be careful to assign a well-known
irq
> > > (like irq5) to the dos emulator under win98 with certain older games.
> > I've
> > > run Gabriel Knight1, SystemShock1 and others with no sound issues.

> > > Also be aware that there are rumours TurtleBeach is getting out of the
> > > soundcard business, if that worries you.  The SantaCruz is a mature
card
> > > tho, and quite stable.

> > > rms

> > Thanks. That does worry me. The last card I bought was an Aureal Vortex
2
> > (much better than any Creative junk), so Creative immediately put them
out
> > of business.

> > Had to abandon it only because of lack of new drivers as a result -
using
> an
> > SB Live that someone else threw away.
> > I don't want to repeat that! (Any alternatives?).

> If you upgrade your system in the next few month then get an nForce2 mobo
> since they seem to have excellent on-board sound (DD 5.1, EAX, etc.)

> You can also look at the Hercules cards which seem just as stable/capable
as
> the TBSC.

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> Joe M.