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Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Pro review

Julio Franco — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 19:25:05 +0000

Creative has been a leader in the PC audio market for as long as I can remember. In fact, the first Sound Blaster card hit the market almost 20 years ago, which can be considered... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Series Driver (14th March 2008)

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 13:55:04 +0000

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... Read more...

New Creative Sound Blaster Audigy Driver 2K/XP

Steven Parker — Tue, 10 Oct 2006 10:53:23 +0000

This download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster Audigy®, Audigy 2 series, and Audigy 4 series installation CDs. It also supports Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional x64 Edition. This download... Read more...

New Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Beta drivers for Vista

Wed, 12 Jul 2006 15:31:00 +0000

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... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty review

Julio Franco — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 11:09:21 +0000

Since the original Sound Blaster Live and the EMU10K1 audio processor, Creative's new soundcard releases have been characterized by incremental jumps rather than revolutionary changes. Although the Audigy series was indeed a welcome improvement, it... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Preview

Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:39:51 +0000

The Creative X-Fi processor can remix and remaster audio on the fly to improve the sound quality of your movies, games, and music. The rising popularity of PC host audio has been... Read more...

Spyware Blaster v3.0

Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:36:39 +0000

Spyware, adware, browser hijackers, and dialers are some of the fastest-growing threats on the Internet today. By simply browsing to a web page, you could find your computer to be the brand-new host of one... Read more...

Security Focus: Blaster Worm Removal Tool

Daniel Fleshbourne — Tue, 06 Jan 2004 09:21:34 +0000

Quick Info File Name: Windows-KB833330-ENU.exe - Download Size: 317 KB - Date Published: 12/31/2003 - Version: 1.0 Overview A situation has been identified where the Blaster worm could have... Read more...

Creative Updates for Sound Blaster Audigy series audio cards

Daniel Fleshbourne — Mon, 05 Jan 2004 14:41:46 +0000

Creative have released two new upadates in the shape of Creative Surround Mixer 2.00.52 and Creative PlayCenter Patch 3.02.70 for windows 2000/XP. Creative Surround Mixer driver update for Sound Blaster... Read more...

Sound Blaster Goes Wireless

Fri, 03 Oct 2003 15:09:43 +0000

Creative, a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products for PC users, today announced Sound Blaster® Wireless Music, an easy to use wireless music system consisting of a RF remote control with built-in LCD screen and... Read more...

Researchers warn of new software danger - Blaster 2

Tom Warren — Wed, 17 Sep 2003 08:55:07 +0000

Security researchers yesterday detected hackers distributing software to break into computers using flaws announced last week in some versions of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system. The threat from this new vulnerability -- which already has... Read more...

Teen arrested in Blaster worm case

Sat, 30 Aug 2003 02:42:28 +0000

An 18-year-old Minnesota resident was arrested and charged with releasing a variant of the MSBlaster worm, U.S. officials announced Friday. Jeffrey Lee Parson, who used the nickname "teekid," made his first court appearance in St.... Read more...

Sound Blaster Live! - LiveDrvUni Pack For windows 2000/XP

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 13 Mar 2003 12:09:27 +0000

This package upgrades the Sound Blaster Live! driver and enhances the overall product performance on Windows 2000 and Windows XP. The package also upgrades core applications including Audio HQ and Surround Mixer for optimal Sound... Read more...

UPDATE: Creative chooses ATI for Blaster 5 (in Asia)

Steven Parker — Thu, 12 Dec 2002 12:41:56 +0000

Thanks JimmyT who alerted us to this news. It seems that Creative has ditched its affiliation with NVIDIA and has chosen to market its Creative Blaster 5 series of cards under the ATI flag. On... Read more...

Sound Blaster Audigy DriverPack AUD-WEBUP-W2-L5

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 01 Nov 2002 13:31:47 +0000

This Driver Pack Update pack is available for Sound Blaster Audigy owners operating on Windows 2000 or XP operating systems only. The driver contains optimized support for these two operating systems and is... Read more...

Creative Sound Blaster Live! Drivers Available For Download

Steven Parker — Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:26:41 +0000

Wow thanks ComaBlack for this scoop that he spotted over at Activewin. Creative Asia has just released brand new drivers and applications for the Sound Blaster Live! cards. The download is split in several packages... Read more...

Sound Blaster Live! Driver for Windows Me/2000/XP 5.12.01.3520

Sun, 03 Mar 2002 14:37:58 +0000

Although Windows XP includes built-in support for most Sound Blaster sound cards, Creative has optimized the drivers for certain models to take advantage of Microsofts next-generation operating system. Note: These are unofficial... Read more...

Sound Blaster Extigy Review

Steven Parker — Tue, 29 Jan 2002 09:33:49 +0000

Thanks t-break for this email, t-break has posted a review of the new Extigy from Creative. Heres a snip from the review: Extigy, as you may have heard over the past... Read more...

3D Blaster GeForce3 Ti 500 review

Steven Parker — Fri, 25 Jan 2002 12:53:59 +0000

The Guru of 3D have just finished up an article on the GeForce3 Ti500 from no-one other than Creative Labs. The 3D Blaster GeForce3 Ti 500 surely is a nice card to own. In seventeen... Read more...

Creative Launches External Sound Blaster

Wed, 09 Jan 2002 13:50:42 +0000

Today Creative Labs unveiled a external sound "card" called the Sound Blaster Extigy, The Extigy connects through USB to your computer or notebook. Casual computer gamers on a desktop or notebook can use the Extigy... Read more...

Sound Blaster Live!/Value/5.1 WinXP Driver Update

Steven Parker — Thu, 29 Nov 2001 13:02:32 +0000

Cheers s h i t shot for the heads up here, This is a stand-alone driver update of Sound Blaster Live!/Value/5.1 for users running on Windows 2000 and Windows XP only. This... Read more...

New Sound Blaster Audigy .VXD Drivers

Steven Parker — Tue, 27 Nov 2001 12:16:40 +0000

Cheers Rancho. Get ready folks. This is a new driver release for users running Win98/98SE/ME. It supports Sound Blaster Audigy (Model SB0090/SB0092/SB0162), and includes multilanguage support. Have the Installation CD installed before applying these drivers!... Read more...

Sound Blaster Audigy owners will have to pay for bugfixes

Tue, 20 Nov 2001 07:58:38 +0000

Thanks Dok for the heads up :D I'm just gonna rip what you've said, so here it goes.. After the recent announcement by Creative (about the CD version of Liveware 3 for XP... Read more...

Video Blaster WebCam updates

Steven Parker — Wed, 31 Oct 2001 12:43:01 +0000

Cheers NTCompatible for this one. Video Blaster WebCam Monitor 2.01 This is a new release of Video Blaster WebCam Monitor for users running on Windows 98, Windows 98SE, Windows Millennium, Windows... Read more...

Sound Blaster Audigy review

Daniel Fleshbourne — Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:42:57 +0000

3dXtreme takes a look at the Sound Blaster Audigy sound card. Here's a blurb: "The EAX in certain games playing with headphones late at night had the hair on my arms standing up.... Read more...

Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy

Steven Parker — Wed, 12 Sep 2001 12:54:28 +0000

Thanks NTCompatible for this, 3D Sound Surge has posted a review on the Sound Blaster Audigy sound card. Almost exactly three years has now passed since the first Live cards were... Read more...