Creative Audigy problems w/ Vista 64

[Nunyabiz]

I rebuilt my PC about 6 months ago, changed motherboard, hard drive, DVD/CD player recorder, keyboard, CPU, GPU and 8 GB ram and Vista 64.

one of the things I kept was my old Audigy Platinum EX sound card and I got it working for the most part however many of the buttons and whistles were disabled.

I just purchased a nice Sennheiser PC350 Headset for gaming, music and also for a good VOIP.
Sadly it appears that one of those "options" that no longer work on my old Audigy with Vista 64 are the Headphones.

I could not figure a way around it either so I went ahead and ordered a new sound card.
I dropped Creative because of all the BS I keep hearing and the only card they had that "might" work well on Vista 64 and with headphones was their "X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion" but it seems as though they are still having many driver problems with Vista.

So I opted for a "HT Omega Clario Halo 24 bit 192KHz with built in Hi Fi Headphone Amplifier"

Newegg.com - HT OMEGA Claro Halo 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card w/ a built-in HI-FI Headphone Amplifier - Sound Cards


I hope this card works well for gaming from what I can tell I can not imagine why it wouldn't.
I got the headset for gaming and with this card I should be able to listen in simulated 5.1 surround through the headset (DHT) which should sound outstanding.

Anyone here have this card or know anything about it?

I ordered it last night and should be here by Monday.

 

[Shahal]

I feel your pain with Creative's cards as of late. I have an Audigy SE I can't use with Vista x64. Although the on board sound on my mobo is quite good for onboard sound.

 

[archie123]

looking on creative site all their drivers seem to support 64 bit Vista?

Creative Worldwide Support#

 

[Nunyabiz]

That may very well be the case on their newer cards although there are a lot of people in their forums complaining about everything Creative running on Vista.

My problem is I had an older card, a Audigy Platinum Ex that I think is about 6+ years old, even though I downloaded their new drivers that are supposed to be Vista 64 compatible and I got it to "work" although without virtually everything that I bought a Audigy Platinum Ex for in the first place.
But I made due with it until the final straw which was absolutely zero headphone support.


I figured if I was going to pay $200 for a sound card I was going to get one where every single person that I saw giving a review had nothing but praise for it running on Vista.
Not to mention the specs are far better.

I am getting it tomorrow so I will know for sure then.