A very long time has passed since the last update so here's the final version of your Soundblaster X-Fi driver for Windows 7. Just follow the link below, pick your card from the list and it will link you to a download location. http://support.creative.com/kb/showarticle.aspx?sid=61105 While you're here, do you believe installing Creative's drivers makes any difference in sound quality? Do you

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_

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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