Beta Audigy / Audigy 2 Drivers
Posted by Mashiki on 26 May 2003 - 11:21 · 11 comments & 454 views
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#1 Posted by Jason on 26 May 2003 - 11:39
- What is the build number on these ?, I have build 383 on the Audigy 2 currently.
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#2 Posted by Neobond on 26 May 2003 - 11:45
- I wish they would update SBLive drivers I'm sick of the crackling and MSN sign-in errors. They really suck and I have a digital set too, the drivers are a joke.
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#3 Posted by Stevie on 26 May 2003 - 12:18
- These have been on the Creative Labs site for a few weeks now. Well worth downloding.
http://uk.europe.creative.com/support/driv...26&drivertype=1
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#4 Posted by mipra on 26 May 2003 - 16:49
- I wonder when they will come out with the hacked version of this driver for SBLIVE
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#5 Posted by coolmaster on 26 May 2003 - 17:16
- I have installed this driver and sounds great. The only problem is the sound is coming only from the front speakers. No rear sound, but when i test the speakers in creative audio hq all speakers work ok. ???. I have digital output. And the previous driver was working ok. I dont want to go back to the old driver. Any ideas?
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#6 Posted by ziddey on 26 May 2003 - 19:59
- old ****. released long time ago.
btw creative has stopped support for sblive so youll need to find your way to install these on your live yourself. i offer no help because this place sucks. please ban me
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#7 Posted by Geoff_W on 26 May 2003 - 20:12
- These drivers are Version 1.80.030 Beta, build 381. For the Audigy 2 at least creative have allready released official drivers, Version 1.80.030 build 383
http://se.europe.creative.com/support/drivers/eula.asp?id=2164
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#8 Posted by mipra on 27 May 2003 - 21:42
- I just know how to patch the SBLIVE driver with this new driver...and I dont hear any much improvement though
These drivers are for XP and 2000 ONLY.
They can be found here: Tom's Hardware
For the Audigy:
Sound Blaster Audigy performance increased by 10%-15% for EAX ADVANCED HD
Number of simultaneous voices has been doubled from 32 to 64
For the Audigy and Audigy 2:
Reverb presets setting by game audio engine is now on average 10X faster
EAX Morphing performance enhanced, typically yeilding a 2X improvement in framerates for morphed sections.
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