New Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Beta drivers for Vista

New Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Beta drivers for Vista

Imaginos on 12 July 2006 - 15:31 · 8 comments & 4967 views

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This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta Build 5231 support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™. It is not fully tested and provides limited functionality.

Take note of the following:

THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver for critical tasks.
This download supports Windows Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta Build 5231 and may not work on other Vista builds.

Requirements:

Windows Vista 32-bit or 64-bit Beta Build 5231
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio devices

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#1 FWM on 12 Jul 2006 - 15:55

Audigy 2 users and others can expect updated drivers this month also.

(1 reply) #2 Imaginos on 12 Jul 2006 - 17:48

Really? Creative actually is working on it and made that statement? Ooh. Link us, please!

#2.1 FWM on 12 Jul 2006 - 21:54

Quote -

My contact tells me Creative is preparing some new Beta 2 content. Creative X-Fi users (of which I am one) will be delighted to hear that Beta 2 drivers are imminent - scheduled to be released in early July. Owners of other devices that were supplied with Beta 1 drivers should expect Beta 2 drivers sometime in July - Creative will be releasing more accurate release dates in the near future

http://bink.nu/Article7612.bink

Not THAT official, but they were right with the X-Fi drivers coming out.

(2 replies) #3 cardg on 12 Jul 2006 - 18:07

build 5231?
hello, it was months ago!

#3.1 pjak on 12 Jul 2006 - 18:15

that's the minimum build number, it works fine with 5456.

#3.2 Octol on 13 Jul 2006 - 13:01

From the Creative download page:

"This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 32-bit and 64-bit Beta 2 Build 5384 and Build 5456 support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi®."

#4 P1Guy on 12 Jul 2006 - 23:33

Hey go read some of the complaints in their forums, under soundblaster.. here is a post with over 1,000 replies so far about when they will bring out drivers to fix their problems under xp.

We would like to update all Sound Blaster X-Fi users that are experiencing the popping/crackling issues with the very latest news on this issue.

We have been working extensively with a large number of systems and the vendors of those systems to diagnose and find remedies for reported symptoms of audio crackling and distortion, particularly during game playing. bla bla bla

the new driver does not even fix these issues, and if you have the original drivers, they will tell you through auto update, you don't need the lastet fix, cause as your reporting its to fix problems in vista... wow great eh, a driver for a beta os. Fortunetly for me, i only bought the xfi music edtion and i have had no problems with noise, unless you get a cell phone in the room. And there are only i think 2 games that take advantage of the top of the line card xfi fatality with memory.

#5 dangel on 13 Jul 2006 - 09:11

Is it just me that thinks Creative writes some of the most shoddy drivers in the business? I love the quality of the X-Fi but i'm sick of all the silly bugs (and occasionally BSODs) their drivers bring..

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