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Hi!

What I want to do:
Playing DOS games on my Compaq Armada 1750 (eg. Heretic, Hexen and Build engine games).

My system:
Pentium II 233, 192 MB RAM, ESS1860 onboard sound or Speedlink USB sound, Ati Rage Pro, Windows Me

My problem:
The digital sound effects of the games, especially all DOOM engine games, are really poor. They are dull and rustling all the time.

What I tried:
- playing the games under Windows Me with the onboard sound
- playing the games under Windows Me with the Speedlink USB sound
- playing the games under DOS (via patch) wit the onboard sound

All results sound identically.

What I ask:
What initiates this bad sound quality? My last hope was poor DOS, but it didn't help in any way. Probably my memory is so bad, that I have forgotten how poor the sound quality of Heretic and Co really was ;-). Has anyone an idea?

Another question which bothered me for years:
Does anyone know, how to start Redneck Rampage (Rides Again) without any stuttering? This game needs 32 MB RAM, but even whith 128 MB or more it frequently loads data from the HD. I recognized this on each PC i owned.