creative's drivers, are they really that bad?

[Angst]

hi all
i was looking into getting this sound card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-049-CL&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
but i have read on a couple of reviews and the such that the drivers with vista can be a bit tempremental. what i want to know is will the eax and crystaliser all work properly under vista ultimate x64 or will i end up stabbing myself with the card

 

[MikeHunt79]

You'd end up stabbing yourself with the card...

 

[mp260767]

there supposed to have improved the vista drivers, might be better off asking the question in the sound forum.

 

[alex24]

There are 3rd party drivers available I think, anyone know any more about those?

 

[mp260767]

There are 3rd party drivers available I think, anyone know any more about those?

usual ones are from Daniel_K, made a lot of people happy resolving the issues initially created by creative.

 

[4T5]

Creative threatened the Dude that created the fix with a Law suit, There was a thread about it somewhere with a link where everybody & his dog posted abuse to Creative. Buy a different card.

 

[Kobrakai]

Seriously, avoid Creative if you know whats good for you.

 

[Monkeynut]

hi all
i was looking into getting this sound card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-049-CL&groupid=701&catid=11&subcat=
but i have read on a couple of reviews and the such that the drivers with vista can be a bit tempremental. what i want to know is will the eax and crystaliser all work properly under vista ultimate x64 or will i end up stabbing myself with the card

That card isn't a real X-Fi. Its a rebadged Audigy SE. It's no better than onbaord audio really - possibly worse.

 

[Angst]

ok thanks for replies, does anybody body have a suggestion for a card i get instead then plz

 

[MikeHunt79]

The Xonar is pretty good apparently...

 

[alex24]

The Xonar is pretty good apparently...

They review well, however you'll pay more for one than an entry-level x-fi. Most people say it's worth it, but it'll depend on your budget. I really don't know of much else out there.

 

[Angst]

so basically i have to put up with carp drivers or pay twice the price

 

[Deleted member 70857]

I had to reinstall Vista because the drivers were so bad. I felt like chucking the card as far as i could in 7.1 directions... But realised it would have been a waste of money

 

[Tripnologist]

I have vista x64, an Xfi music and zero problems with the drivers.

 

[Angst]

I have vista x64, an Xfi music and zero problems with the drivers.

from what ive being reading you seem to be *unbelievably* lucky

*forgive the spelling im useless

 

[mod1fied]

I have vista x64, an Xfi music and zero problems with the drivers.

+1 Except mine is'nt the music version

 

[mattyfez]

I have the xtreme audio card, and it is way better than onboard as it cuts out the terrible hiss/interference I was getting at high volume with the onboard. ( i have my pc hookeed up to a hi-fi as my main music center, rather than cd's) But the joy stops there, I now get random BSODS, 0x0000024, probably about 1 a day, sometimes more.
always the same error, but I dont get them if im actualy playing sound?

its driving me nuts to be honest, soes anyone know a good site for alternate drivers? using vista x64.

 

[Angst]

i cant offer a link but i can offer a hammer

 

[mattyfez]

on the plus side, eax and cystalizer work fine but make the audio track sound terrible for music, at high volume, you can actualy hear the EQ swelling and drooping like you are partially under water, I just leave it on plain stereo.

I guess It would have some use with really pants speakers at low volume, as a kind of dynamic loudness function, but on decent equipment it just sounds awfull as you can actualy hear the EQ/volume adjustments on different sections of bandwidth...brllergh.

 

[Angst]

does eax actually make any difference to games? ^^^