creative & Win7

[Unimatrix Xero]

Just installed the latest drivers from creative via compat mode (vista) and the sound is really bad, its crackling to high hell

has anyone else had this issue?

[Elliot B.]

Just installed the latest drivers from creative via compat mode (vista) and the sound is really bad, its crackling to high hell

has anyone else had this issue?

Should have kept with the Windows 7 alpha/beta drivers for now. Creative drivers for Vista in Vista are dodgy, let alone Vista drivers within 7.

[Unimatrix Xero]

i didnt even have any sound in windows 7 before i installed these... do they show up in windows 7 update?

[Unimatrix Xero]

Windows update isnt picking up my card, its a X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series

[Elliot B.]

Windows update isnt picking up my card, its a X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series

You actually paid for the Fatal1ty edition? :s

[Lannister]

Knowing Creative they probably won't release any Win7 drivers but instead release a new "X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro Series Win7" card.

[Elliot B.]

Keep your eye on http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&s...%22Windows+7%22

[Unimatrix Xero]

thats no good it just links me to a load of search links, looks like there is no fix or driver atm.. typical the only thing to stop me using win7 has to be creative

[Undefineed]

i had this problem and have fixed it by installing windows XP drivers and now my sound works... :D

[Unimatrix Xero]

XP drivers?

im using X64 though, will that make a difference?

[Undefineed]

dont think so. It shouldn't. Mind you, the idea of using XP drivers came in the wee hrs of the morning while sleeping. I did that in vista (used XP drivers) and it worked then and it worked now.

I'm using SB Audigy Live ZS Plat Pro... and yeah :) dont have 5.1 ch but the z5500 scales to 5.1 anyway :).

[Unimatrix Xero]

hmmm i'll give it a shot and let you know in the next 5-10mins if it works or not, my X-Fi XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro works fine in vista, never had an issue with it

[Unimatrix Xero]

ok so i installed the XP drivers and i tested them before the restart, all was fine, sound was perfect, so i restarted and now the sound is crackling to high hell once again

[Elliot B.]

thats no good it just links me to a load of search links, looks like there is no fix or driver atm.. typical the only thing to stop me using win7 has to be creative

That is why I said keep an eye on it :p There isn't much there that is useful at the moment, but there will be in the coming weeks/months.

[Unimatrix Xero]

weeks/months - if i knew this was the case i wouldnt have installed it

[FloatingFatMan]

weeks/months - if i knew this was the case i wouldnt have installed it

What do you expect from Beta software?

[ToneKnee]

Try the kX Project drivers.

[soulburner]

Currently, to avoid sound artifacts on my Audigy 2 in Win7 beta, I have to set the sampling rate to 96kHz. It isn't perfect, though, because the sound has too much bass - when I touch the Bass slider on the Tone tab in speaker config, the bass is restored to how it should be.

I also wonder if Creative is ever going to release fixed drivers for Win7, at least for the older series of Sound Blaster, like Audigy...

[FloatingFatMan]

I also wonder if Creative is ever going to release fixed drivers for Win7, at least for the older series of Sound Blaster, like Audigy...

Probably when it's RTM; or knowing Creative, 6 months after RTM...

To be fair, you can't really be expecting drivers to be released for a beta OS...

[Unimatrix Xero]

so how are people suppost to fully test the OS with no sound?

I see it as reviewing a film with the TV on mute

[FloatingFatMan]

I have sound, but then I don't use a superfluous audio card manufactured by a company with a proven track record of not giving a monkey's about its customers. Try turning your motherboard's onboard audio on, you'll find that the AC'97 codecs work perfectly (assuming you HAVE onboard audio, which most boards do).

In either case, it's not Microsoft's job or responsibility to develop the drivers for your card, it's Creative's. They're the people you should be asking for drivers.

[Elliot B.]

so how are people suppost to fully test the OS with no sound?

I see it as reviewing a film with the TV on mute

The beta is mainly to test Windows itself than third-party hardware/software.

[Unimatrix Xero]

I have sound, but then I don't use a superfluous audio card manufactured by a company with a proven track record of not giving a monkey's about its customers. Try turning your motherboard's onboard audio on, you'll find that the AC'97 codecs work perfectly (assuming you HAVE onboard audio, which most boards do).

In either case, it's not Microsoft's job or responsibility to develop the drivers for your card, it's Creative's. They're the people you should be asking for drivers.

well excuse me for asking if other people had the same issue geez

[mezron]

well excuse me for asking if other people had the same issue geez

Just going by past experience with Creative myself (since 1994). About a year to 18 months after Win 7 release you should expect release quality drivers. Before that, don't get your hopes up.

[ViperAFK]

my audigy 4 works perfectly in win 7 with the vista drivers for july 08 in windows 7 build 7000 64 bit. The only problem was it was setting "USB speakers" as the default sound device instead of the creative one, and even when I set the correct one as default it would change bak. But I just disabled the "usb speakers" and it worked fine.