Creative has finally released full
Vista-compatible drivers for some of its low-end sound cards. The new
1.04.0076 drivers are available for both
32-bit flavors and
64-bit flavors of Windows Vista, and they support Sound Blaster sound card
models including the Audigy Value, Audigy SE, Audigy LS, and Live! 24-bit. Vista
users running those cards were previously stuck with a "basic" driver that
didn't include Creative's suite of control panel software and provided, in the
company's words, "basic audio support and control options for sampling rate and
speakers only." By contrast, the 1.04.0076 release includes Creative's audio
console, EAX console, device control, and speaker settings control panels. Users
can also adjust speaker configurations, audio output quality, S/PDIF sampling
rate, sound effects, and Creative multi-speaker surround settings.