Creative Audigy series Vista Driver 2.12.0002 (9 Mar 07)

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This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.

This download supports the following audio devices only:

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA
Known issues:

Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download.
Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.
This driver does not support the following:
Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals
DVD-Audio
DirectSound®-based EAX games
Gameports
6.1 speaker mode.
SPDIF passthrough is supported on Vista 32-bit only.
Requirements:

Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy audio devices listed above.
Notes:

DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster Live! 24-bit, Sound Blaster Audigy LS, Sound Blaster Audigy SE, or Sound Blaster Audigy Value.
To install the driver, do the following:
Download the SBAXVSD_PCDRV_LB_2_12_0001.exe file into your local hard disk.
Double-click the downloaded file.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
To uninstall the driver, do the following:
Click Start -> All Programs -> Control Panel.
Double-click the Device Manager icon.
Double-click the Sound, video and game controllers option.
Right-click the Creative SB Audigy option, and select Uninstall.
From the the Confirm Device Uninstall dialog box, select the Delete the driver software for this device option.
Note: This check box must be selected to avoid reinstallation issues.
Click the OK button.
Restart your computer.
To reinstall the driver, do the following:
Double-click the SBAXVSD_PCDRV_LB_2_12_0001.exe file.
When the message You must restart your computer to apply these changes appears, click the Restart Later button.
Follow the instructions on the screen.
 
more crap from creative. only to be expected really..... :rolleyes:

i've just tried them and they're awful. i only need stereo output but listening to music with these drivers is terrible. i can't believe how flat the sound is. yesterdays xfi drivers sound much better with my audigy2 so i'm going back to those. :p
 
Outstanding, so they've not actually done anything with these drivers apart from remove the Beta tag. :mad:

The chances of me buying another creative product are dropping very fast.
 
modo77 said:
Outstanding, so they've not actually done anything with these drivers apart from remove the Beta tag. :mad:

The chances of me buying another creative product are dropping very fast.
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I'm in the same boat as you mate. My Audigy2 zs went west a while ago & no way was I buying another Creative card until they had sorted the drivers out.

Dont know what I'm gonna do now :rolleyes:
 
Thank GOD I've got one of the oldest sound systems on the market. I have the Sounbalster Extigy (The Original) In fact I have 2 but am keeping one as a backup. I use the Onboard sound from each Motherboard and use SoundMax Audio on my ASUS MOBO'S . On one I use the optical output and on the other I use SPDIF for HD Audio whereby I avoid all the who-ha! of downloading the latest drivers for one of the most expensive sound solutions on the market and having crap for sound. Not six months ago Creative were boasting that they were ready for Vista and were out to support Tru HD sound for Blu-Ray and HD-DVD. They can't even support the hardware drivers for the Operating system yet.
The Extigy has a USB Port on the rear for plugging into the PC but I have always got the best results from it by using the Onboard devices on current Motherboard configurations. And besides, The Motherboard manufacturers sound chip suppliers seem to keep up to date on sound devices. I even tested Ultimate on my old P4C800-E Deluxe setup the other day. the only problem I had with that MB was the Promise Fastrack SATA driver and that was an Intel MOBO.
To hear or not to hear........ That is the question.
 
modo77 said:
Outstanding, so they've not actually done anything with these drivers apart from remove the Beta tag. :mad:
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So are there no other differences? The beta drivers I tried a while back were poor which is another reason I haven't bought Vista. Music sounds much better in XP than in Vista, on my Audigy 2.

@marc2003, I'm surprised that the XiFi drivers would install on an Audigy 2?
 
marc2003 said:
more crap from creative. only to be expected really..... :rolleyes:

i've just tried them and they're awful. i only need stereo output but listening to music with these drivers is terrible. i can't believe how flat the sound is. yesterdays xfi drivers sound much better with my audigy2 so i'm going back to those. :p
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Are you saying that it is poss to use the xfi drivers for the Audigy2 card?
or have I just read your post copletely wrong :D
I'm also only using stereo (well 2:1)
The beta driver that Creative have issued at present just muffles the sub :mad:
 
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