DOS Sound Blaster compatibility: PCI sound cards vs. PCI chipsets

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G	H	I	J	K	L	M	N	O	P	Q	R	S	T	U	V	W	X	Y	Z
1		Yamaha	Trident	Creative	Ensoniq/Creative	Ensoniq/Creative	Creative/Ectiva	Creative	Creative	Avance Logic	Avance Logic	ESS	VLSI/Philips	Philips	Forté Media	Forté Media	Aureal	Aureal	C-Media	Crystal	S3	OPTi/Ectiva	Rockwell	Xwave/AdMOS	AZFIN	ICEnsemble/VIA
2		YMF744 (YMF724)	4DWave-NX	EMU8008	ES1370/CT5507	ES1371/ES1373/CT5880	EV1938	EMU10K	"EMU10K2(.5)"	ALS4000	ALS300	ES1938	SAA7780	SAA7785	FM801-A1	FM801-AU	AU8820	AU8830	CMI8738/PCI	CS4630 (CS4614)	Sonic Vibes	82C935/EV1935	RACC010	QS3000A	AZF3328	ICE1712
3				AWE64D				Live! series	Audigy series			Solo-1	Thunderbird Q3D	Thunderbird Avenger			Vortex	Vortex 2		CrystalClear SoundFusion		MachOne	RipTide		Aztech PCI 168	Vinyl Envy24

4	Modes	DDMA, PC/PCI, DSDMA (TSR)	DDMA, PC/PCI, DMAS	PC/PCI	TSR (APINIT)	TSR (APINIT/SBINIT)	None?		TSR (SBINIT)	DDMA, WBDMA, WSDMA		DDMA, PC/PCI, TDMA, WBDMA		DDMA		DDMA, WBDMA?, (PC/PCI)	TSR (ASP4DOS)	TSR (AU30DOS)	Unknown	DDMA, CCLS, CCLX, (PC/PCI)	DDMA, VM (TSR)	DDMA	?	?, PC/PCI	None?	DDMA, ?
5	Sound Blaster	SB PRO, SB	SB16, SBPRO, SB	SB16	SB PRO	SB16, SB PRO			SB16	SB16, SBPRO, SB	SB16, SBPRO	SB PRO		SB PRO?		SB PRO	SB PRO	SB PRO	SB PRO, (SB16 on older revisions)	SB PRO	SB PRO	SB PRO	SB PRO
6	OPL3/FM	Hardware	Emulation via WT	Hardware	Emulation via WT?	Emulation via WT?			Emulation of OPL3	Hardware	Hardware	Hardware		Emulation via WT?		Hardware	Emulation of OPL3	Emulation of OPL3	Hardware	Hardware, bad	?	Hardware	Hardware
7	Internal wavetable synth	no	yes	no	yes	yes			yes	no	yes	no		yes		no	no	no	no	no	yes	no	no
8	DOS ext. MIDI/MPU-401	yes	no	yes	no	no			no	yes	yes	yes		yes		yes	yes	yes	yes	no	yes	yes	yes
9	KT133E+VT82C686B socket A	DDMA (mod)										DDMA
10	KT266A+VT8233 socket A	TSR (DSDMA)	DMAS?		TSR (APINIT)					DDMA LT IRQ		TDMA				Legacy mode 1		TSR (AU30DOS)	PCM only in some games	CCLS
11	KT400+VT823? socket A	TSR (DSDMA)						TSR (SBINIT)								Legacy mode ?	TSR (ASP4DOS)
12	PT880 Ultra+VT8237A LGA775	TSR (DSDMA)								WBDMA		TDMA				Legacy mode 2	TSR (ASP4DOS)
13	P4M900+VT8237S LGA775		DMAS							DDMA LT IRQ		TDMA
14	430TX+PIIX4 socket 7	DDMA	DDMA			TSR (SBINIT)		TSR (SBINIT)		DDMA		DDMA		DDMA		DDMA		TSR (AU30DOS)	not working	DDMA	DDMA
15	440LX+PIIX4 slot 1											WBDMA16
16	440BX+PIIX4E slot 1	PC/PCI (ISA IRQ)	DDMA, PC/PCI	PC/PCI								DDMA		DDMA		DDMA				DDMA
17	i810+ICH(1) socket 370	PC/PCI	PC/PCI									PC/PCI				Legacy mode 2
18	i875/i865+ICH5 socket 478/LGA775	TSR (DSDMA)	no					TSR (SBINIT)	TSR (SBINIT)	no FX (all modes)		TDMA, PCM only in some games				Legacy mode 2	TSR (ASP4DOS)	TSR (AU30DOS)	PCM only in some games	CCLS, CCLX
19	975X+ICH7R LGA775	TSR (DSDMA)							no FX (SBINIT)	no FX		no				no FX	TSR (ASP4DOS)
20	P965+ICH8 LGA775	TSR (DSDMA)														no FX (any modes)	TSR (ASP4DOS)
21	G41+ICH7 LGA775	TSR (DSDMA)
22	X58+ICH10 LGA1366	TSR (DSDMA)						no (SBINIT)	not working	no FX (all modes)		no FX (TDMA)				no FX (legacy mode 2)	TSR (ASP4DOS)	TSR (AU30DOS)
23	P67+IT8892E LGA1155	TSR (DSDMA)														no	TSR (ASP4DOS)
24	X79 LGA2011	TSR (DSDMA)															TSR (ASP4DOS)
25	B75 LGA1155	TSR (DSDMA)															TSR (ASP4DOS)
26	SiS 630T socket 370									DDMA		no FX (DDMA)				Legacy mode 2
27	SiS 645DX+962UA socket 478	DDMA (mod)	no		TSR (APINIT)					DDMA		no FX (DDMA)		no FX, unstable		Legacy mode 2			PCM only in some games	CCLX		DDMA	no FX
28	SiS 745 socket A	DDMA (mod)
29	SiS 755FX+964L socket 754	no FX (DDMA)								no (DDMA)						Legacy mode 2
30	SiS 671DX+968 LGA775	TSR (DSDMA)			TSR (APINIT)					WBDMA		no FX (TDMA)		no FX, unstable		Legacy mode 2			PCM only in some games
31	Acer M1543+M1531 socket 7	no FX (DDMA)	DDMA							DDMA LT IRQ		no FX (ALI DDMA)				Legacy mode 1, DDMA			PCM only in some games	DDMA
32	ULi M1695+M1567 socket 939/AM2				no FX (APINIT)				no FX (SBINIT)	WBDMA LT IRQ		no (TDMA)		no		Legacy mode 1/2	TSR (ASP4DOS)			no FX
33	nForce2 SPP+MCP-T socket A	no
34	nForce 430 AM2	no (DSDMA)						no (SBINIT)				no FX (TDMA?)					TSR (ASP4DOS)
35	nForce4 Ultra socket 939	TSR (DSDMA)
36	HIMEM	DSDMA	WAVETSR	no	yes	yes			yes	no		no		WT		no	no	no	no	no	Wavetable	no	no
37	EMM386	DSDMA	no	no	yes	yes			yes	no		no		no		no	no	no	no	no	S3DOSVM	no	no
38	Rev. stereo	yes	yes									no				yes	no	no		no			yes
39	Pro mixer													yes		no				no
40	Doom stereo	no							no	no		no		no		yes	yes	yes	no	yes		Yes	no
41	Fast crack	yes	no		no				no	no		yes				no
42	Other	DOS SPDIF	MIDI and FM requires TSR		Soundscape MT32 IM	Soundscape MT32 IM			Use AUDIGY12.EXE MT32 IM			ESS Audiodrive				DOS SPDIF						WSS
43	PCI I/O support	SB, FM, MPU-401	SB, (MPU-401)							SB, FM, MPU-401						FM			FM, MPU-401
44	TSR functions/emulations	DMA	IRQ FM WT		IRQ DMA SB FM WT	IRQ DMA SB FM WT		IRQ DMA SB FM WT	IRQ DMA SB FM WT			IRQ		IRQ? FM, WT		IRQ	IRQ DMA SB FM MPU	IRQ DMA SB FM MPU	IRQ?	IRQ?		IRQ
45	Name of TSR as shown in MEM	DSDMA							SBEINIT							DOS801			SETAUDIO	TBCDOS			RIPUTIL
46	Size of TSR (version)	1856B (1.00)							4736B (5.00)							2060B (2.03)			2128 (1.98)	1296B (2.80)			928B (2.09)
47	TSR unloadable	No	Yes		No	No			No			No?				Yes	No?	No?	Yes	No?		Yes	No
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