tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-201682012012-01-06T10:46:28.162-08:00Sound of the Next GenerationRosOnenoreply@blogger.comBlogger581100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-76909573658439007962009-02-02T10:34:00.000-08:002009-02-02T10:45:05.784-08:00

If you already installed or are thinking about installing the beta version of Microsoft's latest Windows you will need some X-Fi drivers. You can install the Vista X-Fi drivers, but it would be better to get the ones written for Windows 7 so you won't run into more problems than necessary. Luckily Creative released a set of Soundblaster X-Fi Drivers for Windows 7.Filename: SBXF_W7DRVBETA_US_2_18_

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com49tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-54225197254775215062008-06-22T00:49:00.000-07:002008-06-22T01:01:35.176-07:00

At the beginning of June Creative released a new set of X-Fi drivers for Windows XP and Windows Vista. It's an unsupported beta drivers release. If you don't feel comfortable with betas don't install this update.Filename: SBXF_PCDRVBETA_US_2_18_0000.exeThis download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista® and Windows® XP support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-72082512569466861502007-07-03T13:16:00.000-07:002007-07-03T13:20:33.446-07:00

It's not really about the X-Fi but I thought I'd share this bit of news with you: The Audigy Edition of Creative's ALchemy which "restores your Sound Blaster Audigy's ability to process EAX effects, 3D audio, sampling rate conversion and audio mixing for certain DirectSound3D games in Windows Vista" costs $9.99. Yea, nothing is free, not even EAX on an Audigy card.Interested? Here you go.

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-80532762995537092072007-07-03T08:57:00.000-07:002007-07-03T09:00:56.798-07:00

The guys over at bit-tech have posted a pretty cool review of Creative's X-Fi XtremeGamer. Lots of good info for all those thinking about finally switching to a X-Fi soundcard.The Creative X-Fi XtremeGamer is the new addition to a refreshed X-Fi range and is equivalent to your stripped down, super lean, bare basics X-Fi that still features all the necessary gaming additives. It still has the same

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-17602853441246997862007-06-14T09:03:00.000-07:002007-06-14T09:11:43.971-07:00

The first third-party soundcard powered by the X-Fi chipset will be hitting the stores later this month. Auzuentech's Auzen X-Fi Prelude 7.1 will feature all solutions which come with Creative's soundcards including the X-Fi Crystalizer, X-RAM, EAX ADVANCED HD support and more. The card will also come with Dolby® Digital Live, DTS® Interactive and DTS NEO:PC™.Scheduled for release near the end of

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-35126206828399343912007-06-14T08:52:00.000-07:002007-06-14T09:01:00.500-07:00

The Inquirer reports that Creative is planning to bring the X-Fi to PCI Express. Previously it was stated that no such move will be made since "the performance of PCIe is truly bad for audio" and that "PCIe is designed for graphics and high data transfer, but audio sends very small packets and the overhead can be very big!". It seems Creative's plans have changed since ASUS announced their PCIe

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-88897169203279599352007-06-13T17:23:00.001-07:002007-06-13T17:53:53.291-07:00

Creative announced their latest addition to the X-Fi family - The X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook. As the name already says it's aimed for notebook users who don't want to miss out on the possibilities of the X-Fi soundcards. It comes with a headphones optical jack, Speaker Docking Module connector and a mic/line in jack. The Speaker Docking Module can be used to connect 5.1/7.1 speaker

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-66015653335170493292007-06-13T15:36:00.000-07:002007-06-13T15:52:18.407-07:00

If you already switched to Windows Vista or plan to you should definitely look into Creative's ALchemy. Since Microsoft announced they will be dropping the Hardware Abstraction Layer which was responsible for EAX effects in games Creative has been working on a way to restore them. ALchemy is an application which indeed does restore 3D audio and EAX effects in Windows Vista.The audio changes in

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-7499794462645997142007-06-13T15:28:00.000-07:002007-06-13T15:35:16.848-07:00

A new Sounblaster X-Fi driver for Windows Vista has been released a while back. The driver version is 2.15.0002, dated May 30th 2007. Supported cards are the X-Fi XtremeMusic, XtremeGamer, X-Fi Platinum, X-Fi Fatal1ty and the X-Fi Elite Pro. This driver does not support the X-Fi Xtreme Audio soundcard.This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-62770054970164554472007-03-08T12:44:00.000-08:002007-03-08T12:49:10.447-08:00

Today Creative Labs released a new X-Fi Driver for Microsoft's new OS Windows Vista. The driver supports both the 32-bit and a 64-bit version of Vista. Driver version is 2.13.0012, dated March 8th.This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-8211604748134475432007-01-01T14:35:00.000-08:002007-01-01T14:39:56.245-08:00

Creative Labs released a new beta X-Fi driver for the 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows Vista.This download is a driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista™ 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ series of audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.Take note of the following:THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-18289944395489668492006-12-27T08:37:00.000-08:002006-12-27T08:44:07.676-08:00

Another article on the SoundBlaster X-Fi crackling and popping issue which some people still seem to have trouble with has been posted at NGOHQ. This time they have taken five motherboards installed Windows XP, the X-Fi driver from the CD and updated it with the latest web update from Creative to compare the results.(...) Creative released information and blamed DDR Dual Channel for these related

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-54005855986303310492006-11-29T09:31:00.000-08:002006-11-29T09:42:59.688-08:00

For some time now we know that Microsoft's latest OS Windows Vista will not support Creative's EAX in games because of the new driver model. Because of that all environmental effect would have to be processed by the CPU reducing overall performance or reduce the overall sound experience.All that would mean that it does not make a difference if you have a older SoundBlaster Audigy or a X-Fi Elite

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1162235417802157932006-10-30T11:02:00.000-08:002006-11-04T13:17:30.270-08:00

Today a new SoundBlaster X-Fi driver has been released. Supported cards include the X-Fi XtremeMusic, X-Fi Platinum, X-Fi Fatal1ty and the Elite Pro. The version number of the latest driver is v2.09.0007.This download contains an improved version of the drivers found on the Sound Blaster® X-Fi™ XtremeMusic, Platinum, Fatal1ty and Elite Pro installation CDs. It provides full OpenAL support for

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1161988961313661682006-10-27T15:31:00.000-07:002006-10-31T00:30:17.323-08:00

Some time ago an interview was posted about the sound quality in the latest Need for Speed. A sound engineer said that Need for Speed: Carbon will feature full 5.1 sound. Today the demo has been released to the public, but the only sound option is the volume level.But not all is lost, there is a little tweak which will enable 5.1 sound in the Need for Speed: Carbon demo.1. Go to Start, then Run

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1160938599359553802006-10-15T11:51:00.000-07:002006-10-15T11:56:45.966-07:00

Just on time for the release of Battlefield 2142 Creative posted an interview with David Möllerstedt (Head of Sound, DICE), Henrik Andersson (Sound Designer, DICE) and Bence Pajor (Sound Designer, DICE).The interview covers not only sound related topics, but also general information about the game.Q12. How was OpenAL and EAX® ADVANCED HD™ used in Battlefield 2142 and how do they add to the

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1160936843682722332006-10-15T11:02:00.000-07:002006-10-18T01:26:05.830-07:00

Out of nowhere two new SoundBlaster soundcards joined the X-Fi Family. The SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeGamer and the SoundBlaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio. Prices of the new cards are a lot lower compared to the original X-Fi cards. The X-Fi XtremeGamer comes with a price tag of $99.99 and the X-Fi Xtreme Audio at just $69.99.Both new X-Fi's have support for Creative's 24bit Crystalizer, EAX ADVANCED HD and

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1160505313937613532006-10-10T11:28:00.000-07:002006-10-10T11:35:37.320-07:00

Creative today released a new SoundBlaster X-Fi beta driver for Windows Vista RC1. This driver is dated October 10th and supports the full range of X-Fi cards including the X-Fi XtremeMusic, Platinum, Fatal1ty and Elite Pro. Both a 32-bit and a 64-bit version are available for download.This download is a beta driver providing Microsoft® Windows® Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit RC1 support

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1159699246761382362006-10-01T03:26:00.000-07:002006-10-01T03:40:46.776-07:00

SONiVOX announced the introduction of the first professional 24-bit sound libraries which take full advantage of the possibilities of the SoundBlaster X-Fi's 24bit SoundFont. So far those are the only available 3rd-party 24bit libraries.SONiVOX MI (new home of Sonic Implants) produces some of the finest virtual instrument libraries in the world, meticulously created and recorded by professional

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1158846714575428412006-09-21T06:29:00.000-07:002006-09-21T06:51:54.653-07:00

New SoundBlaster X-Fi drivers are available for download at the Creative Labs site. This update should particulary be interesting for X-Fi Elite PRO users since it is the first non-beta driver for the X-Fi Elite Pro since November 15th 2005. Owners of the X-Fi XtremeMusic, Platinum and Fatal1ty cards will notice that the version number (2.09.0001) is the same as the one already released in July

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1158078231080107182006-09-12T09:12:00.000-07:002006-09-15T09:03:43.700-07:00

Lately it has been very quiet in the X-Fi world. The X-Fi Elite PRO driver still isn't released and there haven't been any updates on the crackling and popping issues. Even thought there have been no news Creative would like you to send in your Vista feedback. If you are one of those who are using Windows Vista please fill out that form. In the end it will be us X-Fi users who are going to gain

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1155247927622072202006-08-10T14:49:00.000-07:002006-09-26T03:09:26.560-07:00

A new update from Creative on the crackling and popping issues some people are experiencing with their SoundBlaster X-Fi cards. According to Creative the sound glitches only arise on nForce 4 motherboards and only nVidia is able to fix them. You can read about their findings below:Further to the reported cases of crackling issues reported by owners of Sound Blaster X-Fi cards, we have extensively

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1155042336191080542006-08-08T05:33:00.000-07:002006-08-23T21:09:45.310-07:00

Increase the power of your remote, customize and tweak each key the way you want, change the 24-bit Crystalizer settings using your remote or any other option you would like. You can't? Now you can, with Intelliremote.Intelliremote is an open source application which uses Microsoft's Intellitype instructions to handle any event coming from your remote. Here are some key features:- NEW! Now

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1154905588573441332006-08-06T16:02:00.000-07:002006-08-06T16:06:28.583-07:00

Just a quick reminder to let you know that the Prey Contest will end August 14th. If you still didn't submit your details and answer the rather tricky question now is a good time to do so. Why you ask? Because you want those prizes.

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Almost one month ago Creative Labs released a new SoundBlaster X-Fi driver for the whole series of their latest soundcards excluding the X-Fi Elite Pro. The reason behind this was a bug found in the driver which causes system crashes when using Cubase LE. An update was supposed to follow shortly afterwards.Today finally the X-Fi Elite Pro owners can upgrade their X-Fi drivers to the latest

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1153789375822752102006-07-24T17:41:00.000-07:002006-08-25T09:32:21.110-07:00

You didn't get a chance to check out the Unreal Tournament 2004 X-Fi Patch? You don't have a X-Fi card installed in your PC yet? If so, here is something that might be interesting for you. A video showing some of the features which came with the update from Creative."This is a video I made comparing the normal audio vs the X-fi patch which came out recently. Also shows some of the more nifty

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1152702447069308532006-07-12T03:55:00.000-07:002006-07-13T03:16:19.836-07:00

Good news for those of you who are using Windows Vista because Creative just released a new set of SoundBlaster X-Fi beta drivers (July 12th 2006) for both the 32bit and the 64bit version. This update comes for all SoundBlaster X-Fi cards.Driver details: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™.

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1152634068095384772006-07-11T08:56:00.000-07:002006-07-11T09:08:20.526-07:00

Since today you can get your hands on the retail version of Prey because it just appeared on a store shelve near you. If you still haven't had time to check out the Prey demo you can do so by downloading it straight from the official site.While downloading the demo version you should go ahead and read the new interview with Ed Lima, Former Audio Director at Human Head, Audio Lead on Prey.Have you

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1152542786194870002006-07-10T07:35:00.000-07:002006-07-11T08:50:19.386-07:00

You would love to play Prey with the best sound experience possible but you are stuck with an Onboard-Soundsystem? Or maybe you already have your SoundBlaster X-Fi card but don't have the proper speakers? Well here is your chance to experience Prey with incredible sound quality.Creative is hosting a Prey Contest in which you can win a P7800 7.1 speakers setup, a SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty and

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1152541214587987032006-07-10T06:51:00.000-07:002006-07-21T02:50:10.003-07:00

Creative finally released their promised SoundBlaster X-Fi patch for Unreal Tournament 2004. The update takes advantage of your X-Fi's 128 voices support and makes the music react to the gameplay changing it's pace and intensity when you are getting into battle. Another new feature which comes with the patch is Musical Accents which replaces the game sounds with musical and rhythmic sounds.Your

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1151938146616353512006-07-03T07:44:00.000-07:002006-07-12T13:01:34.370-07:00

The latest update was not released for the SoundBlaster X-Fi Elite PRO because a bug was found in the driver which causes a system shutdown when using Cubase LE. If you own a X-Fi Elite PRO and you are not using Cubase LE you still can install the driver. An updated version should be released soon.

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1151922469926705042006-07-03T03:21:00.000-07:002006-07-03T08:23:56.313-07:00

After nearly eight months Creative Labs finally releases a new SoundBlaster X-Fi driver which is not a beta version. This driver contains full OpenAL support, resolves some issues to improve overall audio experience and includes fixes for games like Prey, Quake 4, Battlefield 2 and more.If you were hoping that this release will finally fix the famous crackling and popping issues, well, then you

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1150548863769869832006-06-17T05:18:00.000-07:002006-06-26T03:59:59.936-07:00

Since it's introduction there have been a lot of people reporting crackling and popping caused by their SoundBlaster X-Fi making games unplayable. In an effort to fix this problem Creative released a new X-Fi driver (beta) and wrote a technical analysis. If both failed, which still seems to be the case for many X-Fi owners, here is a new update straight from Creative.According to Creative only

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1149013970426045992006-05-30T11:16:00.000-07:002006-05-30T12:09:57.103-07:00

Creative has just released another X-Fi driver for their latest soundcards. The version number of this beta driver is 2.09.0001. If you are not experiencing any problem with your X-Fi you should not install this. As the release notes say, it was not fully tested, it does not resolve the crackling issues some have but it does resolve some specific issues with crackling.Other things included in

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1147877018056016622006-05-17T07:43:00.000-07:002006-05-17T12:37:07.506-07:00

If you are one of those X-Fi users which experience the famous crackling and popping noises this will definitely be extremely useful to you. Some help on the topic from Creative: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.

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1147875275857779952006-05-17T05:42:00.000-07:002006-07-01T18:48:54.836-07:00

Welcome back Ladies and Gentleman for part 2 of NGOHQ Wars. In this episode the evil Creative Empire will have to deal with the devastating questions from NGOHQ regarding their product and software support. The demands are as follows:* Why have you not tested your products with as many combinations of systems as possible before you released said products to the market?* What do you think about

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1146607728887870042006-05-02T14:59:00.000-07:002006-07-01T17:39:05.263-07:00

It seems that the guys at NGOHQ had some issues with their X-Fi card and wrote an article about it. It's actually their personal view on Creative and their "broken product".The media around the world already covered it and revealed all these issues many months ago. Creative even confirmed some of these issues. Today after many months, we did a little research to find out what has happened since

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1146514996992420002006-05-01T13:14:00.000-07:002006-05-01T13:23:17.003-07:00

It seems that the recently released Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter game uses an older version of OpenAL. If you would like to increase your performance a little bit you should download the latest version of OpenAL and install it. Next you have to overwrite the Openal32.dll and wrap_oal.dll file in your Ghost Recon directory. It would be a wise idea to make a backup before overwriting. Just in

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1144938855764627252006-04-13T07:28:00.000-07:002006-04-13T07:34:15.803-07:00

Just a quick note that the driver update that was scheduled for early April has now been delayed to mid May.Quote from a Creative Forums Administrator:Hi everyone,I just have a quick update on this for you.The update has been delayed a bit (as you know), we currently expect to release it around early to mid May.Source: Creative Forums.

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1144883060488239732006-04-12T15:51:00.000-07:002006-04-12T16:07:30.316-07:00

Don't you hate it when you start Oblivion, load your savegame and the second you make the first step you notice that you forgot to change your X-Fi to Game Mode? Creative's developers still didn't figure out a way to make the process of mode changing work automatically, but there is hope after all. No, I am not talking about the promised driver update.Spectra9 gives you the first public release

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1143032411604920592006-03-22T04:47:00.000-08:002006-03-22T05:00:11.620-08:00

OpenAL 1.1 Combined With ISACT Provides the Most Compelling and Realistic Audio Experience for Windows XP and VistaMILPITAS, Calif., March 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Creative (Nasdaq: CREAF), a worldwide leader in digital entertainment products, today announced that OpenAL 1.1 will be available for Sound Blaster(R) sound cards this Spring to provide compelling audio playback and hardware

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1142729862509060712006-03-18T16:49:00.000-08:002006-03-18T16:57:42.516-08:00

There is a new review (or rather an overview) at washingtonpost.com. Nothing new really, just a nice overview why you should get yourself a SoundBlaster X-Fi card and why it is a lot better than an onboard solution."The X-Fi's extra clarity opens up a world of sounds that are not even audible using built-in sound, substantially improving the sense of immersion in the game environment. Dozens of

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1142640677883356582006-03-17T15:59:00.000-08:002006-03-17T16:12:16.940-08:00

A new interview with Creative's European Brand Manager for Audio Products Darragh O'Toole has been posted at Digital Life. Topics include the future of the X-Fi, upcoming game titles, the mysterious UT2K4 X-Fi patch and more. To sum the interview up:"...it's unlikely that we will see another chip of its kind in the next few years...blah blah...X-Fi products that cater for different bus types and

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1142300906715746072006-03-13T17:39:00.000-08:002006-03-13T17:48:27.813-08:00

Creative has plans to implement their CMSS-3D technology into portable mp3 players. The guys over at bit-tech had a chance to check out a modified version of the Creative MuVo player. Although so far there is only a prototype it sounds like a great idea to bring this powerful features of the X-Fi to a mp3 player. Besides CMSS-3D the final product line is supposed to feature the 24-bit

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1142012223367391242006-03-10T09:09:00.000-08:002006-03-10T09:41:09.003-08:00

Creative is showing off 3 fan-made PC cases at their booth at this years CeBit. The plan behind those case mods was to showoff the three target areas of the X-Fi series - Gaming, entertainment and music creation. So far pictures of only one of the cases have been released, till today.The "Music Creation" case.Today the first pictures of the X-Fi Gaming and X-Fi Entertainment cases have been

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1141818937714529802006-03-08T03:30:00.000-08:002006-03-08T03:55:37.736-08:00

Just a small reminder, the SoundBlaster X-Fi Quake 4 Contest is ending in only 5 days. To win simply answer the question if Quake 4 is making full use of EAX Advanced HD 5.0 and X-RAM. Grand prize is a Dell XPS 600 equipped with a Pentium D Dual-Core, 1GB RAM, 1024GB storage space on a RAID setup and two 7800GTX in SLI. All prizes are listed at the contest page. Good luck!

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1141246652926951932006-03-01T11:10:00.000-08:002006-03-02T06:45:32.690-08:00

One of the features introduced with the SoundBlaster X-Fi series is the 24-bit Crystalizer. Games, movies or mp3's sound better or at least they are supposed to. Creative even claims that a mp3 will sound better with Crystalizer enabled than it would on the CD it was taken from.Does it really work? Well, it does but for people with low to mid range speakers or headphones. On low to mid range

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1140385733236415632006-02-19T13:42:00.000-08:002006-02-19T13:48:53.260-08:00

New drivers are available for the X-Fi series of cards. Remember, those are beta drivers and might have a negative effect on your system.As an admin at the Creative forums said:"Please note that these are unsupported beta drivers, and were not released to the site. I wouldn't recommend installing drivers until they are released publically, and are available through the Downloads page. This beta

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1140368002962872662006-02-19T08:19:00.000-08:002006-02-19T08:53:38.793-08:00

It's always the same, if there is more than one option people always have problems picking the right one for themself. Same goes for the SoundBlaster X-Fi series. There are 4 models with different sets of features and it's not really clear which would be most suitable for yourself. So let's make it as short and simple as possible and pick you the right one.Most important: The X-Fi is a gamers

RosOnenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20168201.post-1140363213682633382006-02-19T07:23:00.000-08:002006-02-19T07:41:53.136-08:00

If you still don't have your X-Fi card here's your chance. Creative is hosting another Quake 4 contest. Prizes include the sound card, Quake 4, a GigaWorks ProGamer speaker system and a Dell XPS 600.All you have to do is answer one simple question and fill out your details. The contest is open to residents of a country in Asia, the United States or Canada.Head over to the Quake 4 contest page and

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The Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity Audio Processor Wins Popular Science Magazine "Best of What's New" Award."We are very honored that our Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor has been recognized by Popular Science as being among the best of all the products and technologies in the world," said Sim Wong Hoo, chairman and CEO of Creative. "We have set the new Xtreme Fidelity standard for

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The 64MB onboard RAM on the X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS and the X-Fi Elite Pro sound cards is called X-RAM. There are two benefits from X-RAM. The first one being the possibility to use higher quality sounds thanks to having the extra memory on the sound card itself. The other benefit is the ability to decompress compressed sounds into the X-RAM saving CPU cycles. X-RAM is not recommended for streaming. It

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EAX stands for Enviromental Audio eXtensions. If you haven't heard about EAX or don't really know what it is only the name should give you a hint. Basically it's a set of enviromental effects which can be applied to sounds of any kind. In games EAX is responsible for modifing a sound according to the room or enviroment the player is in.Every generation of EAX since it's introduction in 1998 has

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The SoundBlaster X-Fi XtremeMusic card has won the Best Sound Card Award 2005 over at The Tech Report.Considering its wealth of features, exceptional 3D audio performance, clean and balanced music playback, and relatively affordable $100 street price, the X-Fi XtremeMusic is a clear choice for best sound card of 2005.You can read about this and other 2005 awards here.

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The master volume is something that always bothers me. If I set it high so I can hear enemy footsteps it is usually too loud when I'm shooting. But if I set the master volume to an enjoyable volume while shooting it's not loud enough to hear someone sneaking up on me. Well, it doesn't bother me anymore, thank you Creative for SVM.Smart Volume Managment (SVM) when enabled tries to keep the volume

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New X-Fi Series drivers have been released. Changelog is listed below.This driver includes the following application: * Creative Audio Console The application enables you to use the Sound Blaster X-Fi features and functions. Fixes: * Removes randomly occurring audio distortion that may occur after you install drivers and restart your computer. * Improves host CPU utilization

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Creative Labs introduced 4 SoundBlaster X-Fi sound cards: The X-Fi XtremeMusic, the X-Fi Platinum, the X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS and finally the X-Fi Elite Pro. XtremeMusicPlatinumFatal1tyElite Pro» Differences on the card itselfX-RAM (64MB)    » Package content differencesRemote Control    X-Fi I/O Drive    X-Fi I/O Console    » Software differencesMusic Creation Guide    X-Fi Music Creation Software CD

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Two buttons for anyone who would like to support the X-Fi Zone.Both buttons have a resolution of 88x31. File size is 1.45KB (white button) and 1.20KB (black button)Huge thanks to all the supporters.There are two ways how you can put this button on your homepage. You can either right-click on the button of your choice, save the image to your hard disc and upload it onto your homepage or you can

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