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PSA: You can use your motherboard's HD Audio for DOS games in Windows 98/ME now thanks to WDMHDA, an HD Audio driver for Windows 98SE / ME
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ProdigalFrog slrpnk.net ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net
Joined: 2023-07-04
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Link: https://github.com/andrew-hoffman/WDMHDA

(Thanks to /u/O_MORES for posting this elsewhere)

There's a brand new HD audio driver for Windows 98/Me called WDMHDA.

Since it's a WDM driver, it will play nice with the Sound Blaster Emulation Layer built into Windows 98/ME (sbemul.sys).

And it actually works. Here's Windows 98 and this codec tested on a Ryzen 9 PC: https://youtu.be/uhWyH0TsrCc
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DosDude Site Admin Joined: 2026-02-16
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This is cool. I will never use this since I'm lucky enough to have dedicated hardware for 9x. But the thought of having a massively overpowered machine for DOS gaming amuses me.
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