Tuesday, October 13, 2009

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series Audio Driver

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista® and Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® Audigy® series audio devices.
This download supports the following audio devices only:
* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series

* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series

* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series

* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4

* Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA


Added Features:
For systems using Windows Vista
* Dolby® Digital and DTS® decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers.

* 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.


Fixes:
* Resolves issues of intermittent and random application/system crash when playing games or running applications that use EAX®, DirectSound®, OpenAL and/or ASIO features.

* Resolves issue of system crash when running DTM - Device Path Exerciser test in Windows Vista 64-bit.

* Resolves issue of volume mapping leading to very soft volume level in systems using Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.

* Resolves issue with distortion and noise occuring in systems with 4 GB of RAM or greater.

* Resolves issue with OpenAL playback of multichannel formats.

* Resolves issue of system crash when performing immediate system shutdown after exiting Battlefield 2.

* Optimizations to OpenAL to improve performance in Unreal Tournament 3, DiRT, and other games.


Known Issues:
* Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download on Windows Vista.

* Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.

* Gameport is not supported in Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.

* 6.1 speaker mode is not supported by Windows Vista.


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 Audigy audio devices listed above.


Notes:
* DO NOT install this driver for Sound Blaster Audigy LS, Sound Blaster Audigy SE, or Sound Blaster Audigy Value.

* To install this driver1. Download the file onto your local hard disk.2. Double-click the downloaded file.3. Follow the instructions on the screen.

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