First post, by red_avatar
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I've dusted off my 15+ year old Acer Aspire 5920 laptop from 2008 during the Christmas holidays. It's a laptop that I always kept in really good condition and it still looks like new as a result. I upgraded the RAM from 2GB to 4GB RAM, installed Windows 7 Ultimate (right before Steam dropped support for it ... grrrr Valve!) and installed a 2TB SSD. It has a Core2Duo CPU + Nvidia 8600GT graphics card so it's quite capable.
The idea is to use it for Windows 9X & XP retro gaming and for this it would be great if I could have EAX. I'm well aware that since Windows Vista hardware support for EAX is no longer a thing but I have two questions:
- what are the best laptop options (PCMCIA or USB) to have EAX support through OpenAL/Creative Alchemy
- is OpenAL/Creative Alchemy worth even bothering with? I can't seem to find a lot of info except that not everything is compatible
Another option is to ditch Windows 7 and go for Windows XP - the laptop actually does have drivers for Windows XP - but it may be going a bit for just to get EAX.
Retro game fanatic.
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