#Video drivers, CD Cache
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I just installed a Soundblaster CD kit in my 386/40. The Soundblaster Pro
software is ver 1.0. I have a Paradise video accelerator card for Windows.
Everything works great except the videos. I think my drivers are ver1.2 Are
there any later drivers that would play the videos any better? (they are too
grainy). If so, are the drivers anywhere in compuserve? Or are there any
other options?
Also, I have seen some CD Cache programs advertised. Do they usually
work as good as claimed? (They are pretty expensive). One such is called CD
Speedway. Are there any shareware versions? Thanks in advance for any help you
can give me. Ron Porter
Ronald:
To the best of my knowledge Creative Labs is not represented on CIS. I hope
someone will correct me if in fact they have been found.
As for caching programs, I have seen experiences pass through here that were
good and bad. I really can't make recommendations. But I'm sure that others
here will be happy to express their opinions.
Take care – Rich Bowers
I invite you to visit the NORTON forum for information on The Norton
SpeedCache+. This product, unlike many others, offers high-performance caching
of CDROMS, hard drives and external drives such as Bernoulli and Syquest drives
all in one program.
I personally have a Mitsumi CDROM drive and have seen substantial performance
improvements when using the cache. Its suggested list price is $99.00 and you
can find the product at major resellers such as Egghead, Software Etc. and
CompUSA just to name a few. Symantec has a 60 day money back guarantee as do
many resellers. It sounds like it may be worth trying it out and seeing for
yourself. Risk free.
It sure helped my system and I think it will do the same for yours. I am
obviously a little biased.<G>
Pat. (Symantec)