
Boot into both hardware profiles and disable the Vortex2 sound card in device manager.īackup the a3d.dll from c:\windows\system to the desktop in a folder called a3d\vortex2. Install the vortex2 first and create 2 hardware profiles, one called Vortex2 and the other SBLive. Stretch wrote: Install the vortex2 first and create 2 hardware profiles, one called Vortex2 and the other SBLive. So, I've been wondering, the Creative Audigy 2 ZS appears to be the best EAX/Surround sound card with Win9x drivers, but, is having one Win98SE PC with a Vortex2 and another separate Win98SE PC with the Audigy 2 the only option? Or is it somehow possible to stick them both into a single PC, and somehow switch them depending on the game? So that I can have the best of both worlds? Anyone attempted this before? I also read that some of them in particular don't sound quite right under WinXP, again NFS 3 Hot Pursuit being one of them, so trying to get those Win9x era EAX/Surround games running on my WinXP machine, dedicating the Win98SE machine for A3D, is not the best option it seems. With that said though, some games of the era support EAX and/or 5.1 surround, but don't support A3D, for example NFS 3 Hot Pursuit being one of them. Considering how many Win9x era games support the A3D api, I can confidently say the Vortex2 cards are the best Win9x gaming cards.



Hello, I have an Aureal Vortex 2 sound card in my Win 98SE gaming PC, it's a Turtle Beach Montego 2, which Im running with 2.041 drivers, and I love it for games that use the A3D api.
