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Re: Sblive! And EverQuest

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From: Paul R. B. Smith
Date: Wed, 09 Aug 2000 00:00
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Win2k sucks for games.  It IS NOT an upgrade to win98, but is rather
an upgrade to win NT which is a workstation OS.  It has so many driver
issues that it is not worth it for gamers in general.

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000 21:08:03 -0400, "Greg Magnusson"
<gmagnusson_2000@yahoo.com> wrote:

>Hello,
>     I have recently upgraded from Win98 to Win2k professional, and have
>installed LiveWare 3.0 for Win2k.  CD music, MP3s and other games sound
>perfectly.  I have encountered one problem with EverQuest, however.
>    I have noticed that the midi music is *very* garbled, and not as clean
>sounding as it was in Win98.  This is most notable when I select the server
>I wish to play on, and the splash screen before character selection comes
>up.  Oddly, the rest of the sounds in EverQuest sound perfectly.  It is just
>the music that appears to be problematic.
>    Are there any settings that need to be changed in LiveWare, or shall I
>just wait for new drivers?  Here is my configuration:
>
>Win2k Pro with Service Pack 1
>Abit BX6v2 with latest Bios
>PIII 450
>256mb PC100
>CL TNT2U
>Sblive! X-Gamer
>
>    Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
>
>-Greg
>
>
>

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Subject: Re: Sblive! And EverQuest
Date: 2000/08/09
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