How does the Sound Blaster Live perform with WIN XP Pro??

[DarkFudge2000]

I am tempted to install my Sound Blaster Live on my WIN XP machine.....ECS K7S5a Athlon 1.4mhz system......Has anyone had problems with the sound card with XP?....Is it a performance hog??


I noticed they havent had any new drivers since last year

 

[Abzstrak]

its works fine

 

[BiJiCool]

I Have a SB Live 5.1 Platinum

just works (and sounds) great


but make sure NOT to install the drivers that come with the CD, download the latest ones before you install it

 

[ProviaFan]

I'm happy with the sound quality and performance of my Sound Blaster Live! Value under Windows XP Pro, Windows 2000, and Linux. 🙂

 

[DarkFudge2000]

guys could anyone direct me to an exact link of the latest SB Live! drivers for WIN XP???


Im in the US and I am using the SBLive! value edition


thanks!

 

[Big Lar]

Heh, I think they are on windows update.

 

[stevewm]

http://www.americas.creative.com/support/files/download.asp?Centric=107&OS=13&descID=1209

Above is a direct link to the SB Live Series WinXP drivers.

They are 9.29MB

 

[manly]

You can get the newest WHQL drivers from Compaq as detailed here.

It's a hefty 377 MB download so it's not for everyone but it's equivalent to a brand new drivers CD. This should be most helpful for Audigy owners who've lost their CD (which is required for drivers installation/update!). You'll need to delete/rename the CToem.cfg file for installation to work.

I found that although the built-in WXP drivers work okay, the default volume was excruciatingly high; you had to set both your master & PCM volume levels around 10% to get normal volume output. With the official drivers (from Compaq), my volume sliders are at 50% where they should be.

 

[Elvis2]

You can get the newest WHQL drivers from Compaq as detailed here.

Man...I d/l'd and installed those drivers on a brand new fresh install of XP Pro and it sounded great while being a little on the loud side. Sound clarity was much better and that annoying hiss was gone.

Woke up this morning, turned my system on (1.4 Tbird/Epox8KHA+/512mgs Crucial pc2100 ddr ram) and the thing was slow as a slug. WTF? Took for ever to boot and just plain slow to do anything. This was on a FRESH INSTALL....nothing else other than the critical updates.

Reformatted again using the driver update from MS and systems back up to speed although it sounds like s***.

I'm glad I have a Hercules GTXP on my primary XP Home system. To problems M8! 🙂

Btw, that's on an SB Live 5.1