Ms is pretty much forcing their hand tho with vista, because they are FORCING OpenAL as the primary standred and making EAX run thru OpenAL.Īs i read it this may even come into a dx9 update(openal support) at a later date.
Sure theres no eax3-4-5 support, but thats just a software thing, if creative would add eax 3-4-5 to their OpenAL project you would see alot of companys takeing advantage of it, some better then others, but as i understand it from a buddy whos a game programer, the cmi8768 and up all have the hardware to beable to run EAX3+, its just that creative wont allow it because its the only selling point they have for the x-fi now days. Grings i duno if i would agree that x-fi has a better chip, because if you check the forums(creatives) you will see that there are alot of people with alot of hardware and software related problems with x-fi.Īlso x-fi dosnt support DDL or DTS, so i would say the 8788 is superior, specly if its on that auzentech card
I had one in 2001/2002 when 4ch audio was a new thing, and cmedia is updating its drivers, even making vista drivers for it!!!!!ĭoes creative had working vista drivers for the orignal sblive cards? even beta?
Oh and ktr, show me a creative driver update for the sblive 5.1 thats fairly recent, the newest ones i could find where around 3 years old!!!!!Ĭmedia has updated drivers for the 8738, a chip that hasnt been made for years!!!!
Think that reviewer says it all for what your asking, and to be clear, cmi 8768 and up can ENCODE DDL audio not just decode/play it!!!!Īs to comments about cmedia forums, i was just reading, most of the responces i saw about cmedia not making products just being a card maker where from people who arent employed by cmedia.Īnd alot of the problemes listed are easly fixed if you fully remove the drivers that came with the card b4 you install the latest ones. Read the 2nd to the last responce in the last image(creative_support_again2) thats how anybody whos delt with creative support feels!!!! How many will be left without a responce?Ĭheck their forums i found 3 responces from admins/creative staff out of all the posts i checked(not the stickys)
Lets see i will take the first 2 pages of creatives soundblaser forums and post images of them, how many of the posts are gonna be complaints? I work at a computer shop, we sell i would say 50:1 other brands:creative cards because honestly, people dont want to spend the extra$ to get a creative card when its not gonna give them any real benifit and likely will cause them problems. Ms is trying to do away with "eax" as it is now, moving to use OpenAL based sound in vista, most game makers are starting to see that eax3/4/5 arent getting them any extra sales but causting them extra on game dev, most off the shelf avrage gamers dont buy an addin sound card or if they do its a cheapo one with via,cmi,Crystal (cirus logic) or an old cheap creative card that only supports eax2 and lower.
Ofcorse there are alot of complaints, check any companys forums, and i have beenthere recently, yeah some dont get responces, but alot of them ask really stupid questions, or ask questions that are already answered, every time i have posted there with clear and polite requests i have gotten a FAST responce(within 5days)Īs to creative quility, if you can get the drivers to work properly sall good, but check creative forums, they are nothing but complaints about problems that have PLAUGED their cards for years!!!!