New Soundblaster X-Fi driver out for Vista (14th Mar)

[Stonedofmoo]

This will interest some people, theres a new driver out for X-Fi on Vista/XP 32/64bit.

The notes wouldn't suggest it does a whole lot more, but it's 10megs larger than the last driver release so you never know!

http://uk.europe.creative.com/suppo...mber=&driverlang=1033&OS=27&select=0&x=19&y=6

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

This download supports the following audio devices only:

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Professional Series
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi
Fixes:

Resolves the issue for systems with 4 GB of RAM.
Resolves the Digital I/O detection issue when restarting your computer.
Known Issues:

Before installing this driver, close the Creative MediaSource Go! application on your desktop and restart your computer. (After you have installed this driver, you may manually launch the MediaSource Go! application from the Start menu)
When adjusting the master volume in any of the Mode Console, there is no sound output in the rear speakers. (Use the Microsoft Volume Control panel to adjust the master volume)
Requirements:

Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Window XP MCE 2004
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio devices listed above

 

[Stonedofmoo]

I installed them with my new Vista install yesterday. They are dated 22/02/2008 in device manager which is considerably more recent than the ones I had before, they were dated November 2007 sometime.

 

[Stonedofmoo]

Everything seems fine to me. If what helmutcheese said is true then clearly in this case the older build are the better drivers because these are working flawlessly so far.