Hardware / Sound cards

Creative Sound Blaster AWE32/AWE64

discussed in 425 posts, 1994-2002 · overall tone mixed

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Key threads

PCI versus ISA sound cards for sim frame rates 1999-01-11 · 31 posts
Trevor Thomas asked about the benefits of PCI sound cards over ISA. Several users reported notable frame-rate gains after switching to PCI, while others noted problems with Creative's SB64/128 PCI cards, and a fix for crackling GPL engine sounds by reducing hardware acceleration was shared.
GP2 players compare system specs and frame rates 1996-07-21 · 21 posts
A user proposed a template for posting GP2 hardware, detail settings and frame rates. Many responded with configurations from 486s to Pentium Pros, showing SVGA usually needed sky and other textures off. John Wallace also corrected a misconception about SDRAM speed and previewed a controller survey in Sim Racing News.
Whether a dedicated joystick game card is needed 1996-08-20 · 43 posts
A buyer asked whether a dedicated game card was needed with a fast Pentium and a Sound Blaster. Many users reported no problems with sound card ports. Creative Labs' Mike Carrothers and Buzz Hoffman, who appeared to speak for ThrustMaster's ACM card, argued in detail about Windows 95 Plug and Play conflicts, port addresses and CPU overhead. ThrustMaster's Matt asked how to use alternative ports.
Disabling a Sound Blaster AWE32 PnP game port for an ACM card 1996-10-11 · 21 posts
A user struggled to install a ThrustMaster ACM game card alongside a plug-and-play AWE32 whose game port would not stay disabled under Windows 95. Suggestions included ThrustMaster's install-order procedure, the device manager checkbox, and editing CTPNP.CFG to disable the port. Several posters reported that Windows kept re-detecting the port, and some joked about auctioning old non-PnP sound cards.
Garbled sound in GPL demo under Windows 98 1998-08-31 · 29 posts
Several users running the GPL demo under Windows 98 reported garbled sound despite trying the known fixes. Theories about Rendition and Voodoo2 combinations were disproved, and suggestions included setting maximum sounds to 0 in options.ini and closing Netscape. The thread also produced a Win98 argument and jokes about punctuation.

Busiest threads

ACM card & awe64 (4 posts about it)
GPL - Sound (4 posts about it)
Re: GP3 - Interesting bug(s) (3 posts about it)
AWE32, F1GP and sounds in DOS box under Win95. How?! (3 posts about it)
Nascar v1.20 + AWE32 == Lots of white noise whilst driving (3 posts about it)
F1GP - AWE32 and Win95 sound problems (3 posts about it)
P200 GP2 Advice Requested (3 posts about it)
Nascar 2 - Low Sound volumes (3 posts about it)
GP2 and AWE64 (3 posts about it)
NROS Steering Jitters (3 posts about it)
F1RS Frame Rate Improvement Tips?? (3 posts about it)
Gameports on new soundcards with a 400 MHz system (3 posts about it)
PCI versus ISA sound cards for sim frame rates (3 posts about it)
GPL - Gamecard solution ? (3 posts about it)
System upgrade (2 posts about it)

Sentiment by year

Each post that discussed it was rated from −2 (very negative) to +2 (very positive).

Year	Posts	Positive	Negative	Tone
1994	4	1	0	positive (+0.25)
1995	15	4	3	mixed (+0.07)
1996	60	8	3	mixed (+0.08)
1997	119	13	16	mixed (-0.01)
1998	123	19	15	mixed (+0.03)
1999	81	9	14	mixed (-0.06)
2000	18	2	4	mixed (-0.11)
2001	4	0	2	negative (-0.50)
2002	1	0	0	mixed (+0.00)