Really Had It With Creative!!!!!!

[AWPC]

WTF is it with them. Their drivers are so buggy (if they even bother to release any in the first place).

Just downloaded an update from Windows Update and it has totally ruined the sound on Tomb Raider Anniversary & Tomb Raider Legend so you have to disable Hardware Acceleration otherwise you get a horrible popping noise. I had cured this a few weeks ago by removing all the creative bloatware then just installing the base drivers now it has come back again with this newest update.

Think my next sound cards will be something else which lacks any form of creative sound chip but what any suggestions on a good alternative which is also compatible with older DX9 games?

 

[AWPC]

For graphics/sound cards I can't stress this enough, just roll back the driver and it 'should' be sorted

Tried to roll back but it cannot do it comes up with an error message!!

Usually I do not bother with WU but had a hardcore geek moment where I updated all my drivers and now its messed Tomb Raider up. Had the same problem a month ago but managed to fix it by downloading a driver direct from creative (known error to Eidos but they have chosen not to patch it as they say it is creatives driver causing the issue). NOw this newest creative update has reintroduced the error!!!

I know the hardware is good but the drivers have been appalling for many years all I want is a decent sound card which only needs 1 set of drivers and no bloatware instead of the constant battle with creative breaking things in their driver updates which fix something but nearly always break a game or 2!