[XP/Vista/7] Soundblaster X-FI Bluescreen FIX

[MaSSive]

Originally Posted by nicoliani

Creative just released new drivers for Windows 8 for the older cards.

Wow. Don't get those. I wont even think how buggy those might be. Wait for someone to make custom package. It may take some time.

[K4on]

Originally Posted by [R-COM]MaSSive

Wow. Don't get those. I wont even think how buggy those might be. Wait for someone to make custom package. It may take some time.

There you go guys, newest Creative X-FI drivers, BSOD free, WIN7/8 Support:
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/downlo...k%20Edition.7z

(Forum Link: http://www.hardwareheaven.com/pax-do...k-edition.html)

[nicoX]

The newest official drivers for X-FI from Creative are awesome. No placebo effect, but the sound I get now from my system is over the top.

[KEIOS]

So which drivers should i install? The PAX version or the official? I am running a Xtreme Gamer on Vista 64bit.

[Spook]

I get BSOD with the PAX drivers [R-DEV]K4on posted. I did not try other PAX drivers yet and will try out the official ones for now. Since I got my card only a couple of weeks, I used PAX driver right away without testing the ones from Creative.

[Prevtzer]

Originally Posted by Spook

I get BSOD with the PAX drivers [R-DEV]K4on posted. I did not try other PAX drivers yet and will try out the official ones for now. Since I got my card only a couple of weeks, I used PAX driver right away without testing the ones from Creative.

If you have X-Fi Titanium HD this are the best drivers to use. Much better than the PAX ones.

[Megagoth1702]

Originally Posted by Spook

I get BSOD with the PAX drivers [R-DEV]K4on posted. I did not try other PAX drivers yet and will try out the official ones for now. Since I got my card only a couple of weeks, I used PAX driver right away without testing the ones from Creative.

So, do the official drivers do better BSOD wise?

[Spook]

Not sure. Right now using PAX, I still get BSOD. But rarely. Usually when being Ingame and changing something in the windows sound settings. But as said not very often. i can live with the amount of BSODs right now. its like 1-2 in a month. I never used official ones for along time though. So i cannot really tell if official ones cause less BSODs.

[Megagoth1702]

So you play on ULTRA HIGH audio and can play multiple maps without BSOD?

[Spook]

Yes without Problems. As said BSODs still happen...but very rarely and almost never while ingame. I cannot remember my last BSOD ingame to be honest. I think I only had 1 or 2 ingame so far. Most BSODs get caused by something different, but its always the same portcls.sys file which is reported in the BSODs as the problem file.