Please help me make sense of Creative Audigy 2 Zs drivers...

[Caveman]

Went to the Creative site hoping to see a nice "latest driver" file in the download section. Instead, I see multiple updates but no base driver file. does this mean Creative wants me to download my "old" driver off the CD that came with the 2 Zs card, and then "update" to the latest "patch"? Also, there is aan update for "digital rights management". Do I need DRM or is this more bloatware?


http://us.creative.com/support/downloads/download.asp

 

[avijay]

If you have the base driver then install it off the CD or else go to the link you posted and look for "Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS Driver Update" and download n install that file. It should have the base driver as well. If you look at the details it says:

"Requirements:

Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 or Audigy 2 ZS series audio card (with or without previous drivers and updates installed)".

Hence I think that file should work. I'd still use the CD first if you have it and then go for these updates.

DRM seems to be bloatware.. I wouldn't worry about that.

 

[Caveman]

Thanks!!!

 

[Navid]

I noticed that too when I first got my ZS.
But, I tried the update file, without having installed anything else before, and it worked.