Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2.18.0001

Creative Labs issued a new driver for Windows XP &amp; Vista <p>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. </p><blockquote><b>Added Features:</b> <ul><li>Dolby® Digital and DTS® decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers. </li><li>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.</li></ul><b>Fixes:</b> <ul><li>Resolves issues of intermittent and random application/system crash when playing games or running applications that use EAX®, DirectSound®, OpenAL and/or ASIO features. </li><li>Resolves issue of system crash when running DTM - Device Path Exerciser test in Windows Vista 64-bit. </li><li>Resolves issue of volume mapping leading to very soft volume level in systems using Windows Vista with Service Pack 1. </li><li>Resolves issue with distortion and noise occuring in systems with 4 GB of RAM or greater. </li><li>Resolves issue with OpenAL playback of multichannel formats. </li><li>Resolves issue of system crash when performing immediate system shutdown after exiting Battlefield 2. </li><li>Optimizations to OpenAL to improve performance in Unreal Tournament 3, DiRT, and other games.</li></ul><b>Known Issues:</b> <ul><li>Applications from the original Sound Blaster Audigy CD will not work with this download on Windows Vista. </li><li>Users are advised to use Audio Console included in this download to change speaker configurations. </li><li>Gameport is not supported in Windows Vista and Windows XP Professional x64 Edition. </li><li>6.1 speaker mode is not supported by Windows Vista.</li></ul></blockquote>