Creative Labs heeft een nieuwe bètadriver uitgebracht voor het Windows Vista platform met 2.12.0001 als het versienummer. Deze bètadriver is geschikt voor de Sound Blaster Audigy, Sound Blaster Audigy 2, Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS en Sound Blaster Audigy 4 geluidskaarten. Wat er exact veranderd is in deze drivers blijft helaas onduidelijk door het ontbreken van een aankondiging of een lijst met veranderingen. De volgende beschrijving is terug te vinden op de ondersteuningspagina van Creative Labs:
This download is a driver providing Microsoft Windows Vista 64-bit and Windows Vista 32-bit support for Creative Sound Blaster Audigy series audio devices. For more details, read the rest of this web release note.
Take note of the following:This download supports the following audio devices only:
- THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. There is no technical support for this driver.
- We recommend that only experienced users install this driver. Do not install this driver for critical tasks.
Known issues:
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy including Platinum and Platinum eX series
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 including Platinum, Platinum eX, and Value series
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS including Platinum and Platinum Pro series
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 Pro and Sound Blaster Audigy 4
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Notebook PCMCIA
Requirements:
- Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download.
- Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations.
- This driver does not support the following:
- Decoding of Dolby® Digital and DTS™ signals
- DVD-Audio
- DirectSound®-based EAX games
- Gameports
- 6.1 speaker mode.
- SPDIF passthrough is supported on Vista 32-bit only.
- Windows Vista 64-bit or Windows Vista 32-bit
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy audio devices listed above.