Hardware News

New Audigy Drivers

Nicklas Renqvist

2003-01-08 00:04:00.0


Thanks to PinoySoldier for sending in this news. I missed it somehow during my vacation, but hey, better late than never! ;)
Creative has released a new set of Win2k/XP drivers for the Audigy soundcards. Note, for Audigy 1, and not Audigy 2. Here's a blurb on the drivers (Revision: AUD-WEBUP-W2-LB, Dated 12/31/2002): $qs Features include:
*Drivers are WHQL Certified
*Provides Dolby Digital decoding from external SPDIF Input.
*Speaker settings in Creative Audio Mixer are synchronized with Windows Multimedia setting.
*New presets and effects added
Fixes:
*Reduces excess reverb in MIDI while using software synthesizer
*Removes glitches when playing MIDI using SoundFonts®
*Removes distortion during AC-3 playback
*Performs recording without playback
*Improves multi channel wave file playback
*Hardware acceleration of Open AL.
*Fixed audio distortion and slow start up when resume from standby
*Fixed elevation bug causing muffled sound in some games
Note:
Please ensure that the installation CD must be installed first before running this update. $qe Click here for the goods.