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Re: Sound card upgrade...
Reply #15 - 02.10.06 at 01:46:51

The problem with Creative cards is that (geez I'm soundin' like a stuck record now...) Roll Eyes

Anyhow...most of the problems are restricted to the pre-Audidgy card range. Tongue

After that they are usually fine...(only from what I hear, but I'm betting that people have had problems with them too...) Roll Eyes

My Uncle has SB Live cards in BOTH of his PC's and NEITHER of them work properly in WinXP... Angry

Problems with speaker channels... Sad

Problems with drivers... Sad

Problems with recording...(this one is widespread) Sad

Did it work with the drivers from the CDROM - yes, but the SBLive mixer crashed! Sad

So he tried upgrading to the online drivers - now the mixer works but recording doesn't - AARGH! Angry

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remove the creative splash screen via Regedit

Yeah, but if their drivers worked 'properly' you wouldn't need to use Regedit... Roll Eyes

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Turtle Beach cards don't have the best all round game support

Well actually, the Santa Cruz still has hardware EAX - granted that you're not going to be able to do all the EAX 2.0 / 3.0 stuff...but frankly who cares if it installs and works without having to mess with registry! Roll Eyes

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ISA to PCI adaptor

Yeah, actually there is one flying around 'out there' somewhere... Cheesy

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ICE on FIRE

Reminds me of 'Fire & Ice' on the Amiga...aah retro! 8)

Like @Gamma742 said - the Live range only works correctly in Win 9x - not in XP. Tongue

Move yer' ar$e Creative and give us some WORKING XP drivers! Roll Eyes

@Obi_Wan - is that a Lian-Li aluminium case? ???

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Re: Sound card upgrade...
Reply #16 - 02.10.06 at 17:18:49

yeah that is a Lian Li PC7 PLuS! case in details

it's light weight and very Strait forward in design, not cheap though Lips Sealed

, I prefer quallity in casings since they have to have some style, strenght and sturdyness 8)

Isn't she a beauty!

Just a good ole Philips Brilliance 109SP 19" CRT

about the SBLive cards about 38 of my mates have it with 98SE, 2K pro, Linux and even XP pro and no problems

Anything else? heh

The SB Live 5.1 is my favourite card just install the WDM drivers and it works, K.I.S.S. and if you know how to regedit why make such a problem about it, it's either you can fix the problem or you can not 8)

Yoda Says:
"Try? No Try, It's Do Or Do Not, There is No Try"

But Yes Paul I can understand how it feels like when something can be so common and you can't get it to work propperly, i have that qith QuakeGL under 2K Pro+ SP4 and XP Pro + SP2, it just won't run and really not in the mood for 98SE

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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #17 - 02.10.06 at 21:24:03 Very nice case
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Obi-Wan_Kenobi Ex Member	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #18 - 02.10.06 at 21:32:27 yeah it nice allrighty, got GL Quake fixed too now okay 2 total different things there. but I did have a look at the new Creative SoundBlaster X-Fi Fatal1ty looks nice but kinda pricey though, it's crystalizer seems to be a nice part about it, but dont see the point on getting one yet they are like 200 euro's over here
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #19 - 03.10.06 at 00:49:01 Quote: not cheap though D@MN RIGHT! 8) But like they say - if you want something that totally kicks ass... ...you have to be prepared to get your ass kicked paying for it!
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elfuego Senior Member Offline Searching for V5 6k... Posts: 420 Aachen, Deutschland Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #20 - 03.10.06 at 00:58:02 If anyone who owns a Creative SB Live! or similar card want's to upgrade it, then he should try to update driver to KXdriver. Works like a charm and the sound is really great! http://kxproject.lugosoft.com/index.php?skip=1
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gamma742 God Member Offline 3Dfx Gamer Posts: 1668 San Diego, CA USA Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #21 - 03.10.06 at 05:12:28 I'll give it a try. My SB Live card works great in 98SE, machine is dual boot and I'm getting sick of not having quad sound in XP.
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Re: Sound card upgrade...
Reply #22 - 09.10.06 at 03:51:30

Well after reading countless references from Microsoft's web page telling me if you have problems with your SB Live Value card, Go to Gateway and download their drivers... http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=313022 I finally did and it fixed my problem.

Now I don't have scratchy/staticy 2 channel sound in games.

Now I'm playing Operation Na Pali in single player mode, hoping that someday soon we can all play Co-op together Wink

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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #23 - 09.10.06 at 13:57:12 Heh, custom drivers for SBLive cards... ...might see if they fix the problems that my uncle is having with his SBLive cards! 8)
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elfuego Senior Member Offline Searching for V5 6k... Posts: 420 Aachen, Deutschland Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #24 - 09.10.06 at 21:02:50 Quote: I'll give it a try. My SB Live card works great in 98SE, machine is dual boot and I'm getting sick of not having quad sound in XP. Have you tried with KX?
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paulpsomiadis God Member Offline -=3Dfx still rox!=- Posts: 2011 Newcastle U.K. Gender:	Re: Sound card upgrade... Reply #25 - 09.10.06 at 23:15:44 Haven't had time yet... I have work to do for University...
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