This driver is intended for Sound Blaster Audigy-, Sound Blaster Audigy 2-, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS- and Sound Blaster Audigy 4-geluidskaarten. New is Vista support for Dolby Digital and DTS-decoding.

Added Features:

• Dolby® Digital and DTS® decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers.
• DVD-Audio playback re-established for sound cards that included the application in their Windows XP software suite (For Windows Vista 32-bit only). Requires the latest Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player software.

Fixes:

• Resolves issues of intermittent and random application/system crash when playing games or running applications that use EAX®, DirectSound®, OpenAL and/or ASIO features.
• Resolves issue of system crash when running DTM - Device Path Exerciser test in Windows Vista 64-bit.
• Resolves issue of volume mapping leading to very soft volume level in systems using Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.
• Resolves issue with distortion and noise occuring in systems with 4 GB of RAM or greater.
• Resolves issue with OpenAL playback of multichannel formats.
• Resolves issue of system crash when performing immediate system shutdown after exiting Battlefield 2.
• Optimizations to OpenAL to improve performance in Unreal Tournament 3, DiRT, and other games.

Known Issues:

• Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download on Windows Vista.
• Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.
• Gameport is not supported in Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition.
• 6.1 speaker mode is not supported by Windows Vista.