NFS: Underground

[dZeus]

Yeah I've tried the patches and they work well, although without ranking atm. Problem with the linux 'LAN' server, which could run 24/7 on my server, is that it's very unstable, and it crashes within a couple of hours.

[Maggi]

thanx for feedback, Frank.

what's the official stance on this, is everybody forced to connect to an EA server or what ?

btw, apparently my SBLive has gone down the drain, ie. during POST it doesn't get recognized anymore, but Win2k finds at least some parts of it, assigns an IRQ and installs drivers, but I cannot hear a thing and all sounds relevant apps seem to be hanging.

Therefore I couldn't give NFS another go to beat that speed record you set, but hoepfully I get it all sorted out and then ... I'll be back !

[dZeus]

hey I've had the same problem on my live! in XP.

now it's back to working though, except that some of the left and right channels sometimes drop out suddenly... though a M-Audio Revo is on it's way to replace it tomorrow

[Maggi]

fark !

apparently my SBLive is dead ...

no matter what I tried, I end up with a POST process that doesn't see the card at all, but Windows insist on assigning an IRQ and installs drivers, but it seems that all I can do is to send 32KB of Audiodata to the card and then all apps stall and keep hanging until I shut 'em down via taskmanager.

[gangster]

Originally posted by Maggi
fark !

apparently my SBLive is dead ...

no matter what I tried, I end up with a POST process that doesn't see the card at all, but Windows insist on assigning an IRQ and installs drivers, but it seems that all I can do is to send 32KB of Audiodata to the card and then all apps stall and keep hanging until I shut 'em down via taskmanager.

The perfect excuse for buying an Audigy. And it uses much less CPU than an SBlive!

[Maggi]

Thanx for the thought, if it only was that simple ...

Thing is, I am planning to finally upgrade my old rig anyways (Asus P2B-S, Celeron566@850, 512MB PC100) to either a Barton 2500+ plus MoBo, plus RAM, plus PSU or I even might go the Athlon64 route and all MoBos I took into consideration so far are supposed to be equipped with onboard audio that provide S/PDIF in- and output.

the only reason that's holding me back is a severe lack of funds ...

so now I'm even more trapped than before, because now my old system is lacking some basic functionality and I really don't know, if I should shell out a few bucks for a new soundcard, which obviously would delay the whole upgrade plans even further.

me is frustrated now.

[Maggi]

hey ... there's light on the horizon !

a good friend of mine just offered me his olden AWE32 value and to my big surprise, that one has an S/PDIF output onboard ...

looks like I can save those bucks now, until I have enough money for the big upgrade

Cheers,
Maggi

[Marshmallowman]

AWE32 as in ISA?

[Maggi]

Originally posted by Marshmallowman
AWE32 as in ISA?

indeed ...

not the best card, but it works ok for me

[gangster]

Originally posted by Marshmallowman
AWE32 as in ISA?

Don't forget to tweak up the ISA bios settings to get the most from this card...

https://www.rojakpot.com

scroll to the bottom of the bios section for free access.

[Marshmallowman]

Well I guess at one time they were about the best you could get, I still have one lying around somewhere.

It means you can still play those old dos games with less hasles and proper sound

[Maggi]

Originally posted by gangster
Don't forget to tweak up the ISA bios settings to get the most from this card...

https://www.rojakpot.com

scroll to the bottom of the bios section for free access.

Excellent link !

But I couldn't find any real ISA tweaks, except for that odd OC'ing option and ISA enable bit, which don't seem to apply to my Asus P2B-S, but I'll have to double check for that.

[Ovi]

I managed to hit <b>367.39 km/h</b> with my Mazda RX-7, with all the upgrades, in one of those drag races! The max speed that I reached was 369.27 km/h but my engine blew just before the finish line So my "official" record is the one mentioned at the top!
Cheers
Ovi

[Kastuvas]

372Km/h In Golf GTI

[Maggi]

respect ...

I couldn't go beyond 362 km/h yet, but I'll keep trying.

How about somme drifting high scores ?

I forgot to bring the screenshot with me, but it was +60000 points with a drifting time of +30 seconds ...

I'll post the screenie in the next few days.