Soundblaster audigy

**Chyenne** · September 16th, 2008, 09:26 PM

I save everything and now have found an almost new Soundblaster Audigy Sound card. Will use this in my Windoes XP system and disable the motherboard sound to save processor cycles and for better sound.
The original installation CD is for Win98 so need XP drivers and other parts such as the mixer.
This card is labeled on the card:

Sound Blaster Audigy model 0090
with EAX advanced HD
a bar code is 6002172
serial number is MSB0090230118281

desperate to find some help with this unit. I ti in the PC now and works well enought but none of teh utilities or mixers work at all.

seeking a sound blaster ghuru lol
Thanks in advance

**CeeBee** · September 17th, 2008, 07:53 AM

Not true, I have an Audigy and it is awesome... Just listen through a set of decent headphones or a good amp with optical or coax connection

You can get the drivers from Creative
http://support.creative.com/Products...=Sound+Blaster

**Chyenne** · September 17th, 2008, 10:15 AM

Thanks for the replies and so fast too.

The audigy has much better sound than the on board systems. The audigy is a 24 bit system with its own processor and the sound, even using chat in MSN, is much better.

The link is one I have visited many times and I have this driver now but need the software to recover the other features. This link, if you read the more info, is really for Vista

Thanks but I am still searching

**CeeBee** · September 17th, 2008, 10:39 AM

Use the manual selector on the bottom for the XP driver.

**CeeBee** · September 17th, 2008, 04:21 PM

I beg to differ. Yes, it may not run very well with some old mobos - mostly a mobo issue fixed by BIOS update. Drivers made by Creative are CRAP. There is a Brazilian guy who modded their drivers and apparently solved many, many issues. But the hardware itself is good and you don't see many boards that contain an true DSP - most do processing via software (so more CPU cycles).
I've had the Audigy since it was released and I'm very, very happy with it.
Just connect any onboard sound and the Audigy to a quality amp and you'll [s]see[/s]hear the difference.

**Ferrit** · September 18th, 2008, 12:49 AM

I would have to agree. I cannot be bothered to use a piece of hardware that has such ridiculous software associated with it
With dual cores and quad cores and 4 gigs of memory cpu cycles on a sound device is a pretty moot point
I was done with Creative crap after they bought out Aureal3D
Cmedia filled the gap till Realtek came along.
Realtek makes amazingly good hardware