New X-Fi/Audigy2 WHQL Drivers!!

DarkShadow19 · Sep 7, 2005, 08:07 PM

So in your guy's opinion, which one is better:

1143 or the 1161s?

compunoob · Sep 8, 2005, 02:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INSTG8R

Actually I got mine to work fine with the new driver by just manually updating the Audigy ZS(WDM)in Dev Manager by pointing it at the wdma emu.inf in the WDM folder .My EQ and all works just fine. Im glad because I like my EQ for listening to music and of course it shuts off when running a game

Will this work with the 1161 u think? I miss having the EQ and would hope this will fix the prob with my media source player. What are the risks involved also? Does this reinstall the whole driver over the top of the current or something?

emilyg · Sep 11, 2005, 12:53 PM

I stumbled apon this thread after looking desperately for the Audigy 2 ISO's ( I lost the install CD), I was wondering what the state of softmod is for the "Original" Audigy 2 (not the ZS).

I'm having trouble at the moment getting Speaker Calibrator to pump out sound to any speaker apart from Front-Left and Front-Right (maybe a config issue?) but I was wondering if its possible to just install the ZS driver version even though mine is the normal Audigy 2 Platinum and not Audigy 2 ZS Platinum...

Thanks.

jiiteepee · Sep 11, 2005, 10:38 PM

Just install those drivers from station-drivers site. They are same to Audigy 2&4 and X-Fi.
You find link to the original Audigy 2 ISO @ http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=25677

jiitee

OAKsider · Sep 12, 2005, 06:11 AM

INSTG8R, thanks man. Works great so far, trying out all my apps/ games now.
Very easy to do: just DevMangr, Update, point to WDM folder.
Great info all over in here, thanks everyone.

Compunoob: I have no idea how this method works.
I think it just overwrites the old driver w/o uninstalling.
---
EDIT: Getting Openal32.dll errors with SoFortuneII and D00M3.

[Updated from 1.84.55-R1: the latest except for the beta at Creative]

What version are you guys updating -from-?

EDIT#2:
Found my drivers, got them working.
Didn't like the 1161's [SBA4] but the 1143's [X-FI PLAT] are great!
Strong/clear sound and working great in all my apps and games so far.
Check the other thread and my post here.

qweqaz5 · Sep 13, 2005, 03:49 AM

Hey OAKsider, so you like em 1143's better huh? I've only tried the 1161s on my Audigy 2; maybe I'll give the other set a shot.

I'd love to hear from more people about their preferences(1143 or 1161)....

Robert McClelland · Sep 13, 2005, 04:41 AM

I have 1161 np with it

AnnihilatorX · Sep 13, 2005, 01:15 PM

I don't understand why though 1143 has a newer date stamp than 1161

INSTG8R · Sep 13, 2005, 01:48 PM

Im happy with the 1143's I feel no reason to try the 1161's

jiiteepee · Sep 13, 2005, 02:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by AnnihilatorX

I don't understand why though 1143 has a newer date stamp than 1161

Normally bigger version number means newer one, but

- what if those .1161 drivers are WHQL certified (it takes quite long time to check if they match the certification rules : I suppose Microsoft makes this procedure) and

- is the number given the time WHQL-ed drivers are out

If latter is true, then would it bet possible to get "newer" drivers with lower version number?

BTW: .1161 drivers are available on Creative (UK) support too (Audigy 4 not the Pro version).

jiitee

Widkidone · Sep 13, 2005, 02:39 PM

Hey guys!!! Well i have been using the X-FX drivers Version 1143, o like them. But i hae a problem when i go Start/All Programs/Creative/SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS the thing like EAX Console, THZ Console, other Creative file i get this Error that says " there has been an errror please reinstall (this program)" Anyway to fix this?

jiiteepee · Sep 13, 2005, 07:31 PM

New .1162 BETA drivers available for all Audigy series cards. Link can be found @
http://www.hardwareheaven.com/audio-general-technical-discussion/84690-1162-beta-drivers-all-audigy-2-4-available.html

jiitee

leeperry · Sep 13, 2005, 08:05 PM

I have to disagree here

on my A2, these drivers sound just as flat as the regular ones.

I've got a pair of high-end SONY headphones MDR-CD3000, and the best drivers "sound quality-wise" I've tried(and I've tried all of them!!) are the "YouP-PAX-ZSv3.69g.exe"

they really kick the sh*t!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floruro

Goodie

BTW i take back what i said about soundquality in the 5.12.06.1161. They are the way to go for Audigy2/ZS. Really happy!

For those confused by the lnks, the driver you want is here:
http://www.station-drivers.com/telec...32-64-whql.exe

Widkidone · Sep 13, 2005, 08:09 PM

YouP-PAX drivers what hte hell are those and how you install those? I never heard of these.

leeperry · Sep 13, 2005, 08:12 PM

search for the filename I gave on this forum or google and you shall find them.

they softmod my A2 to A2ZS, and the sound quality is WAY WAY WAY better.

It's actually pointless for me to get a ZS, as I planned on earlier

Quote:

Originally Posted by Widkidone

YouP-PAX drivers what hte hell are those and how you install those? I never heard of these.

INSTG8R · Sep 13, 2005, 08:19 PM

I tried the modded A4 drivers on my A2 ZS and wasnt all that impressed I found the sounds very compressed and lacked dynamics( I tried all of Youp's 3 settings and none sounded better to me)I found the stock A2 drivers had better range and these updated drivers have even more volume and clarity again

leeperry · Sep 13, 2005, 08:42 PM

yeah the A4 drivers didn't make it for me either.

the package I'm talking about is basically A2 ZS stock drivers soft modded for regular A2, with a massive sound quality improvement

Floruro · Sep 13, 2005, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by leeperry

I have to disagree here

on my A2, these drivers sound just as flat as the regular ones.

I've got a pair of high-end SONY headphones MDR-CD3000, and the best drivers "sound quality-wise" I've tried(and I've tried all of them!!) are the "YouP-PAX-ZSv3.69g.exe"

they really kick the sh*t!!!

I agree that the Youp 3.69g are the way to go for music yes. They are much better.
For games the latest driver-releases makes it impossible to go back without serious performance losses though. I hope youp can mod these latest ones ASAP

leeperry · Sep 14, 2005, 12:07 AM

I'm afraid he quit modding drivers

and the NEWYEAR drivers crash on my box, due to the i865 chipset it seems, so I'm stuck with this set of drivers forever

I get 6000 points at 3dmark05, so I can live with the performance "loss" it implies over newer drivers, considering I use my PC to listen to CD and 24bit material everyday

Quote:

Originally Posted by Floruro

I agree that the Youp 3.69g are the way to go for music yes. They are much better.
For games the latest driver-releases makes it impossible to go back without serious performance losses though. I hope youp can mod these latest ones ASAP

OAKsider · Sep 14, 2005, 11:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by INSTG8R

I tried the modded A4 drivers on my A2 ZS and wasnt all that impressed I found the sounds very compressed and lacked dynamics( I tried all of Youp's 3 settings and none sounded better to me)I found the stock A2 drivers had better range and these updated drivers have even more volume and clarity again

Exactly what I had happen when I tried the A4s [1161]
and the XFIs [1143]. The A4s sounded weak or compressed like you said
but the XFIs were even better than the latest officials for my Audigy 2 ZS
found at Creative.

More info on the drivers at the 1162 thread.

leeperry · Sep 14, 2005, 01:57 PM

any major improvement between the XFi 1161 and 1162 ?

'coz the 1161 didn't sound quite as good as the YouP 3.69g to me

Quote:

Originally Posted by OAKsider

Exactly what I had happen when I tried the A4s [1161]
and the XFIs [1143]. The A4s sounded weak or compressed like you said
but the XFIs were even better than the latest officials for my Audigy 2 ZS
found at Creative.

More info on the drivers at the 1162 thread.

OAKsider · Sep 14, 2005, 04:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnZS

These drivers included the latest OpenAL runtime and an improved OpenAL driver, just play Doom III version 1.3 to hear the difference

The quality of DTS Neo:Mus upmixing in Creative MediaSource 3 has also slightly improved, other than that I have noticed no difference between these and the previous full drivers, 2.08.0001 and 2.05.0000.

I think it is fair to assume that once Creative have tested these drivers and are hapy with the stability these will be an official release for the entire Audigy range (These drivers also support the Audigy 1).

I recommend these drivers over the X-Fi drivers as these are newer and dedicated Audigy drivers which do not install X-Fi only memory resident .exe's on startup (which take up resources and are not used by our Audigy's at all)

The 1161s [and 1162s] are actually for the Audigy range of cards, not X-Fi [1143]. The 1162s are quite an update from the 1161s according to JohnZS at Creative Labs forums. They are also the newest drivers for any of the cards.

As for the sound, I really like them and they are on par with the 1143 [X-Fi Plat] but I recommend you try them both and decide then.

Floruro · Sep 14, 2005, 06:03 PM

I have been testing the 1162 abit today, and so far i am very happy. They seem much better than the 1161, and sound is more relaxed and doesnt seem as strained.

leeperry · Sep 14, 2005, 06:31 PM

oh well i don't see how 1162 could rock my world compared to 1161

I'll just stop looking for drivers update, the sound quality can't get any better than with the Youp 3.69g I guess

Robert McClelland · Sep 14, 2005, 10:00 PM

Wow these new drivers really rock

Nice clear sound. And best part I have on volume 4% and they sound awesome with my line in at 100% listing sirius radio on dishnetwork

Great job Creative thanks. and they scored nice with ZP 5.8 drives I hit 6344 with them

Sep 11, 2005, 12:53 PM	#93
emilyg DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Confused and dazed... just the way I was born:D I stumbled apon this thread after looking desperately for the Audigy 2 ISO's ( I lost the install CD), I was wondering what the state of softmod is for the "Original" Audigy 2 (not the ZS). I'm having trouble at the moment getting Speaker Calibrator to pump out sound to any speaker apart from Front-Left and Front-Right (maybe a config issue?) but I was wondering if its possible to just install the ZS driver version even though mine is the normal Audigy 2 Platinum and not Audigy 2 ZS Platinum... Thanks.

Sep 12, 2005, 06:11 AM	#95
OAKsider DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Boat, Gulf Posts: 59 Rep Power: 0	INSTG8R, thanks man. Works great so far, trying out all my apps/ games now. Very easy to do: just DevMangr, Update, point to WDM folder. Great info all over in here, thanks everyone. Compunoob: I have no idea how this method works. I think it just overwrites the old driver w/o uninstalling. --- EDIT: Getting Openal32.dll errors with SoFortuneII and D00M3. [Updated from 1.84.55-R1: the latest except for the beta at Creative] What version are you guys updating -from-? EDIT#2: Found my drivers, got them working. Didn't like the 1161's [SBA4] but the 1143's [X-FI PLAT] are great! Strong/clear sound and working great in all my apps and games so far. Check the other thread and my post here. __________________ [COLOR=gray][COLOR=gray] [/COLOR][/COLOR] Last edited by OAKsider; Sep 13, 2005 at 05:11 PM.

Sep 13, 2005, 04:41 AM	#97
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,637 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	I have 1161 np with it __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png

Sep 13, 2005, 01:48 PM	#99
INSTG8R DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canadian lost in Norway Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	Im happy with the 1143's I feel no reason to try the 1161's __________________ Sys. Specs. Intel E6600@3.2\|Abit IP35 Pro\|2x1024 Crucial Ballistix PC8500 \|Sapphire HD4870 512\|Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500G SATAII 16MB w/PRT\|SB X-Fi Fatality\|TT Tough Power 1200W\|TT Kandalf L.C.S.\|Samsung 204B 20" 5ms LCD\|Logitech G25\|Logitech G5\|Logitech G15\|Saitek X-52+Pro Rudder Pedals\|TrackIR w/Trackclip Pro 3DMark06

Sep 13, 2005, 02:39 PM	#101
Widkidone DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 711 Rep Power: 0	Hey guys!!! Well i have been using the X-FX drivers Version 1143, o like them. But i hae a problem when i go Start/All Programs/Creative/SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS the thing like EAX Console, THZ Console, other Creative file i get this Error that says " there has been an errror please reinstall (this program)" Anyway to fix this? __________________ Case- Cooler Master ATC-201B-BXT Aluminum Case Power Supply- Antec 480w TrueBlue480 ATX-12V MX518 Mouse CPU- AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket-939 Motherboard-K8N Neo2 Platinum 2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual Channel Platinum Hard Drive- WD 74GB 8MB 10000rpm S-ATA WD740GD Sound Card- Creative SB Audigy 2 Zs Platinum CDRW- LG GCE-8525BI 52X32X52 CD-RW OS- Microsoft Windows XP Pro Edition w/SP2 Video-Radeon X850XT AGP 256MB

Sep 7, 2005, 08:07 PM	#91
DarkShadow19 DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Maryland, USA Posts: 18 Rep Power: 0	So in your guy's opinion, which one is better: 1143 or the 1161s?

Sep 11, 2005, 10:38 PM	#94
jiiteepee HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: FI Posts: 400 Rep Power: 0	Just install those drivers from station-drivers site. They are same to Audigy 2&4 and X-Fi. You find link to the original Audigy 2 ISO @ http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=25677 jiitee

Sep 13, 2005, 03:49 AM	#96
qweqaz5 DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 88 Rep Power: 0	Hey OAKsider, so you like em 1143's better huh? I've only tried the 1161s on my Audigy 2; maybe I'll give the other set a shot. I'd love to hear from more people about their preferences(1143 or 1161)....

Sep 13, 2005, 01:15 PM	#98
AnnihilatorX DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 1 Rep Power: 0	I don't understand why though 1143 has a newer date stamp than 1161

Sep 13, 2005, 07:31 PM	#102
jiiteepee HardwareHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: FI Posts: 400 Rep Power: 0	New .1162 BETA drivers available for all Audigy series cards. Link can be found @ http://www.hardwareheaven.com/audio-general-technical-discussion/84690-1162-beta-drivers-all-audigy-2-4-available.html jiitee

Sep 13, 2005, 08:09 PM	#104
Widkidone DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: San Diego, Ca Posts: 711 Rep Power: 0	YouP-PAX drivers what hte hell are those and how you install those? I never heard of these. __________________ Case- Cooler Master ATC-201B-BXT Aluminum Case Power Supply- Antec 480w TrueBlue480 ATX-12V MX518 Mouse CPU- AMD Athlon 64 processor 4000+ (2.4GHz) Socket-939 Motherboard-K8N Neo2 Platinum 2 GB DDR (2 pcs 1GB) PC-3200 (400) OCZ Dual Channel Platinum Hard Drive- WD 74GB 8MB 10000rpm S-ATA WD740GD Sound Card- Creative SB Audigy 2 Zs Platinum CDRW- LG GCE-8525BI 52X32X52 CD-RW OS- Microsoft Windows XP Pro Edition w/SP2 Video-Radeon X850XT AGP 256MB

Sep 13, 2005, 08:19 PM	#106
INSTG8R DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Canadian lost in Norway Posts: 527 Rep Power: 0	I tried the modded A4 drivers on my A2 ZS and wasnt all that impressed I found the sounds very compressed and lacked dynamics( I tried all of Youp's 3 settings and none sounded better to me)I found the stock A2 drivers had better range and these updated drivers have even more volume and clarity again __________________ Sys. Specs. Intel E6600@3.2\|Abit IP35 Pro\|2x1024 Crucial Ballistix PC8500 \|Sapphire HD4870 512\|Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500G SATAII 16MB w/PRT\|SB X-Fi Fatality\|TT Tough Power 1200W\|TT Kandalf L.C.S.\|Samsung 204B 20" 5ms LCD\|Logitech G25\|Logitech G5\|Logitech G15\|Saitek X-52+Pro Rudder Pedals\|TrackIR w/Trackclip Pro 3DMark06

Sep 13, 2005, 08:42 PM	#107
leeperry DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 0	yeah the A4 drivers didn't make it for me either. the package I'm talking about is basically A2 ZS stock drivers soft modded for regular A2, with a massive sound quality improvement

Sep 14, 2005, 06:03 PM	Thread Starter #113
Floruro DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gangstas Paradise, South Africa Posts: 87 Rep Power: 0	I have been testing the 1162 abit today, and so far i am very happy. They seem much better than the 1161, and sound is more relaxed and doesnt seem as strained. __________________ AMD64 3500+\| Abit AV8 3rd Eye \| 2x 1024 OCZ Gold pc4000@500mhz \| HIS x800 XT PE IceQII \| X-Fi Fatal1ty \| Logitech z5500 \| Antec Trueblue v2.0 480

Sep 14, 2005, 06:31 PM	#114
leeperry DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 28 Rep Power: 0	oh well i don't see how 1162 could rock my world compared to 1161 I'll just stop looking for drivers update, the sound quality can't get any better than with the Youp 3.69g I guess

Sep 14, 2005, 10:00 PM	#115
Robert McClelland PAX Tweaker, PAX Expert. Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Somewhere in Wood County Ohio Same Town :) Posts: 10,637 Rep Power: 196 System Specs	Wow these new drivers really rock Nice clear sound. And best part I have on volume 4% and they sound awesome with my line in at 100% listing sirius radio on dishnetwork Great job Creative thanks. and they scored nice with ZP 5.8 drives I hit 6344 with them __________________ "XTREME AUDIO IS CRAP!" "There no support for it. It's crapist card on face of the earth it should be throw into the sun" http://www.speedtest.net/result/1949536385.png