New X-Fi Driver

[Axon]

Download it nao!

I tested it myself and it's very good in my opinion, some fixes are noticable and works well in Vista.

Filename: SBXF_PCDRV_LB_2_18_0004.exe
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

Added Features:
To find out the Product ID of your audio device and if it supports the following features in Windows XP, click here.
For systems using Windows Vista

• Dolby® Digital and DTS® decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers (Not applicable for products that included a 3rd party software DVD player license in the package).
• DVD-Audio playback re-established for sound cards that included the application in their Windows XP software suite (For Windows Vista 32-bit only).
  Requires the latest Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player software. Click here to download.

Fixes:

• Resolves issue of system crash when switching to an unsupported sampling rate in Audio Creation Mode while Dolby Digital Live is enabled.

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 Windows XP MCE 2004
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio devices listed above

Notes:

• Do not install this driver for Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio.
• To install this driver
  1. Download the file onto your local hard disk.
  2. Double-click the downloaded file.
  3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

Make sure you delete EVERYTHING of Creative before installing the new drivers.

Download here.

 

[Teratism]

I find it to be the best Vista driver they have made yet. A few suggestions.

1. Use Driver Sweeper 1.5.5 to clear out any creative gunk after uninstalling.
2. I paired mine with the beta console Launcher and newest Alchemy, it has in my opinion made it all the better. (Alchemy is for emulating older games sounds and the launcher is not really required.)
3. Turn down your speakers. After my install my computer audio was a lot louder than before, I have checked settings all over and nothing has been changed. Be wary, you may hurt your ear drums after installing the drivers and putting on some music.
4. Enjoy.

 

[fieseler]

what do ppl make of these new drivers? ive installed but not really had chance to test them out. i notice they no longer install into program files folder.

 

[Bronquites]

I installed these drivers today and set them for 5.1 speakers.
However when I reboot my setting default to 2.1 and I have to set them to 5.1 again.

In XP I had the synchronize with control panel option, but I can't find it in these.
How can I solve this problem?

Thanks!