Compatibility

In every review, I test about thirty DOS games to see, if the sound card is compatible in all of them.

AdMOS QS1000 (General MIDI) 90%
Creative Sound Blaster 32 70%
ESS ES1868F 80%
Gravis Ultrasound Classic 70%
Gravis Ultrasound Extreme 100%
Primax SoundStorm Wave 70%
Roland RAP-10 40%
SoundPro HT1869V+ 100%
Terratec Maestro 16 80%
Yamaha SW1000XG (General MIDI) 100%

Clarity

Click on the card to hear the silence cranked up by +12dB.

AdMOS QS1000 (Depends on the card it's on) 0%
Creative Sound Blaster 32 85%
ESS ES1868F 85%
Gravis Ultrasound Classic 75%
Gravis Ultrasound Extreme 100%
Primax SoundStorm Wave 70%
Roland RAP-10 90%
SoundPro HT1869V+ 25%
Terratec Maestro 16 75%
Yamaha SW1000XG 95%

FM quality

AdMOS QS1000 (It doesn't have an FM chip) 0%
Creative Sound Blaster 32 100%
ESS ES1868F 90%
Gravis Ultrasound Classic (It doesn't have an FM chip) 0%
Gravis Ultrasound Extreme 90%
Primax SounsStorm Wave (It doesn't have an FM chip) 0%
Roland RAP-10 (It doesn't have an FM chip) 0%
SoundPro HT1869V+ 70%
Terratec Maestro 16 100%
Yamaha SW1000XG (It doesn't have an FM chip) 0%

Wavetable quality

AdMOS QS1000 50%
Creative Sound Blaster 32 50%
ESS ES1868F (It doesn't have a wavetable) 0%
Gravis Ultrasound Classic 80%
Gravis Ultrasound Extreme 80%
Primax SoundStorm Wave 80%
Roland RAP-10 95%
SoundPro HT1869V+ 0%
Terratec Maestro 16 (It doesn't have a wavetable) 0%
Yamaha SW1000XG (General MIDI) 100%

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