New Vista drivers for X-FI (32/64 bit - a ton of fixes)

[Brian48]

Well, one major fix anyway. The 4gb RAM issue with Vista. Over at the usual place.

This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit 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 XtremeMusic
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty®
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum Fatal1ty Champion Series
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro
Current release features:

X-Fi Crystalizer™
X-Fi CMSS®-3D
MIDI Playback
EAX® Effects
PCM stereo output through Optical Out
Line-in connectivity
SPDIF passthrough is supported on both Vista 32-bit and Vista 64-bit
Recording capabilities
Fixes:

Resolves an issue for Windows Vista 64-bit systems with 4 GB RAM
Resolves loud speaker noise when restarting your computer
Resolves an issue that causes OpenAL games not to respond
Known issues:

Applications from the original Sound Blaster X-Fi CD (for Windows XP) will not work with this download.
The following are not supported:
Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals (Cyberlink® PowerDVD™ or InterVideo® WinDVD® is required)
DVD-Audio (PowerDVD may support selected DVD-Audio content)
EAX or DirectSound®3D (Download Creative ALchemy to restore this feature in Windows Vista)
6.1 speaker mode (not supported by Windows Vista)
Requirements:

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

Do not install this driver for Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio.
To install the driver, do the following:
Download the SBXF_PCDVT_LB_2_15_0004.exe file onto 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 X-Fi option, and select Uninstall.
The Confirm Device Uninstall dialog box appears.
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 downloaded 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.

[stormy13]

And Audigy users haven't been left out either (sort of),

http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=27001

SB Audigy Vista Driver 2.15.0004 (based on X-Fi release) - Compiled on Nov 5 2007 by Daniel Kawakami


Supports both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows Vista.


Supports all Audigy cards with a Hardware EMU10K2 DSP chipset (OEM / Retail models):

- Audigy (including ES, MP3+, X-Gamer and Platinum)
- Audigy 2 (including Value, Platinum and Platinum Ex)
- Audigy 2 ZS (including Platinum and Platinum Pro)
- Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA
- Audigy 4 (including SE and Pro)



Does NOT support the following OEM / Retail models:

- Host / software-based cards including Audigy LS / SE / Value, Audigy 2 SE, Live! 24-bit)
- any external Audigy soundcards



Integrated setup program to install the following items:

- Audigy series driver 2.15.0004.4 (latest X-Fi driver from this thread)
- APO Interface Module 1.36.01
- Audio Console 1.20.57

Saves having to install the X-Fi driver manually.

[Amd=cool]

Well so far its better than the other releases....Tho i am not sure if the sound sounds as crisp as it did in XP.

Pete

[rpbrown]

Question- before I did this update the Creative Launcher used to come up everytime in the notification area of the task bar. Now it does not. Is there a way to make this happen?

I checked how it was setup in XP and the registry loads the volume control but not the launcher.

Thanks