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Apr 5, 2005, 06:32 PM
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Audigy 2 / 2 ZS Beta Driver Released
"Creative Labs sends along a beta Audigy 2 / Audigy ZS driver which adds full OpenAL / EAX ADVANCED HD support, improving performance for OpenAL games and enabling EAX 4.0 for DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil. You'll need Windows XP SP 2 or Windows 2000 SP 4 to use this unsupported driver release."
Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 and Audigy 2 ZS series Beta driver with OpenAL support
SBA2-BETAD-1-US
This beta driver adds full support of the OpenAL interface for Sound Blaster® Audigy® 2 and Audigy 2 ZS series internal audio devices.
Added Features or Enhancements:
- Provides full OpenAL / EAX ADVANCED HD support when used with the DOOM 3(tm) 3 1.3 patch.
- Includes EAX 4.0 support for the new DOOM 3: Resurrection of Evil(tm) expansion pack.
- Improves performance of all OpenAL game titles, including Battlefield 2(tm).
Requirements:
- Microsoft® Windows® XP Service Pack 2 or Windows 2000 Service Pack 4.
- Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 or Audigy 2 ZS series internal audio device.
Notes:
- THIS IS AN UNSUPPORTED BETA DRIVER. We recommend that only experienced users install this driver.
- Make sure you uninstall your existing Audigy 2 or Audigy 2 ZS driver, before installing this beta driver.
- Do not install this update for an external USB Sound Blaster audio device.
- Some Creative applications such as Surround Mixer, THX Console, and Creative MediaSource(tm) may not work properly with this beta driver.
- Refer to readme file for more information.
Get them over at Creative
Last edited by Ev!L-aLphA; Apr 5, 2005 at 06:44 PM.
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Apr 5, 2005, 06:53 PM
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wont take my risk with this yet
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:04 PM
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hmmm anybody try this? I have never tried anything beta from creative.
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:06 PM
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even final drivers from creative aren't exactly the best.... eesh. beta? lol no thx.
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:17 PM
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Provides full OpenAL / EAX ADVANCED HD support when used with the DOOM 3(tm) 3 1.3 patch....
huh? typo or is there another patch comeing out in the near future?
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:22 PM
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Provides full OpenAL / EAX ADVANCED HD support when used with the DOOM 3(tm) 3 1.3 patch....
huh? typo or is there another patch comeing out in the near future?
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Yes, I was wondering the same thing. Is there a D3 patch I haven't heard about yet. D3:RoE came with v1.2 patch. That's all I know of so far. |
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:29 PM
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Originally Posted by another-user
Provides full OpenAL / EAX ADVANCED HD support when used with the DOOM 3(tm) 3 1.3 patch....
huh? typo or is there another patch comeing out in the near future?
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I think this one comes standard with ROE expansion. Don't hold me to it though  . |
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:33 PM
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Most likely 1.3 is a patch that is not released. Probably the reason this is still beta. They might coencide this patch release with the games patch.
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Apr 5, 2005, 07:45 PM
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battle field 2???
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