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Old 07-21-2003, 05:30 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Sound Blaster Live! 5.1

Can anyone suggest some alternate 3rd party drivers for the SBLive 5.1 series cards? The last official driver update for WinME was in 2000, and the lack of support is starting to effect my gaming. I saw something about a KXproject that created some, but I was unsure about how well those drivers would work because they are geared towards musicians and not gamers. Any help you guys could throw my way would be greatly appreciated.
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Old 07-22-2003, 07:59 PM   #2 (permalink)
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I tell ya that card is becomming outdated. I would suggest just using the normal drivers and when you get some spare cash, upgrade to a Audigy 2 or some other big time gaming card. The fact is that the SB live only supports EAX 1.0 I believe and the Audigy 2 has MANY other ones including A3D anyway, I had to buy a Gametheatre XP after my SBlive got too old.
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Old 07-22-2003, 08:10 PM   #3 (permalink)
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There is a soft mod for the SB live card to give it some of audigy capablity ... do a search on google.
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Old 07-22-2003, 08:45 PM   #4 (permalink)
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I had many problems with that card under 98SE2, Win2K and XP. I honestly think you may be better off switching it out. For me the sound was laggy in any game with good sound, like Medal of Honor or Castle Wolfenstein.
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Old 07-22-2003, 09:18 PM   #5 (permalink)
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a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz can be had for quite cheap, and is much better than the SB Live...
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Old 07-22-2003, 09:28 PM   #6 (permalink)
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i have a Asus A7N motherboard
the built in 6 channel audio is actually good
heck, i liked it better than my Live! 5.1
so i guess your better off with a newer card rather than just trying to patch it up
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Old 07-23-2003, 11:25 AM   #7 (permalink)
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thansk for the info guys, I was afraid that it was time for a new sound card, and it looks like it is. Unfortunately, it is also time for a new video card, so guess I better pick up some overtime

I will also check out that soft mod, hopefully it will hold me over until i get a new card.
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Old 07-23-2003, 11:33 AM   #8 (permalink)
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from one creative assault victim to another, i give you this, from bash.org:


booradley> I'd like to perform a one act play I call, "Creative screwed me like a bitch"
booradley> audigy> Buy me! I'm ever so sexy
booradley> boo> ok. come home with me and we'll play among the stars
booradley> audigy> tee hee! I love you, boo!
booradley> boo> I love you too, audigy
booradley> :: later ::
booradley> boo> there, you're all installed. how do you feel?
neshura> down in front!
booradley> audigy> LET JESUS FUCK YOU! VRAAAGH!
* audience gasps.
booradley> * audigy is putting noise across your PCI channels
booradley> hard drive> Mein leben!
booradley> * hard drive has died
booradley> audigy> Blaaah! blaaaugh! your mother sucks cocks in hell! graaagh!
booradley> modem> aaieee
booradley> *modem has died
booradley> and the new modem I got connects at 32k tops
Shendal> By far, that's the best one-act IRC play I've read this season._ Do I smell a Tony award?
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Old 07-24-2003, 11:28 AM   #9 (permalink)
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I've had enough grief from Creative products that I just don't buy from them anymore. (And I used to work tech support for them)
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Old 07-24-2003, 12:49 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Driver support for Creative's sound cards sucks. Go buy yourself one of Hercules' higher end sound cards. They're pretty good and aren't overprices like Creative's shit.
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Old 07-24-2003, 08:30 PM   #11 (permalink)
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If you are looking for 3rd party, drivers try: http://kxproject.spb.ru/ I've used them on an old sblive, no problems whatsoever except they don't support directsound3d.
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Old 07-24-2003, 10:03 PM   #12 (permalink)
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I pretty much gave up on my Sb Live 5.1 and got a Santa Cruz a month ago. The occasional clipping and crackling noises I got in some more demanding games (Il-2:FB for one) drove me nuts. After a long history of el-cheapo SB Live cards, I did the switch. There was also the issue of losing my driver disk, and oddly when they finally put the non-XP drivers they stopped supporting, it kept saying I didn't have a Sb Live 5.1. I got older VXD drivers somewhere else, but it was just one more reason for me to move on.
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Old 07-24-2003, 10:47 PM   #13 (permalink)
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I had a SoundBlaster Live Platinum.

I spoke many curse words.

Then I just fucking bought a Turtle Beach Santa Cruz.

No more curse words.
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