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SB P17X Series Support Pack 2.0 (07/31/2009) - AudigySE/Value/LS_Live24bit_X-Fi XtremeAudio_SB5.1VX: k4 \! A" S& p; I7 r2 {
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This software/driver pack is unofficial, not supported by Creative Labs. Use it at your own risk.
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& x/ ]5 `" ^/ U5 i" ]+ K, rSupports any model of the following Sound Blaster cards (based on the P17X audio controller):1 ]/ m# g& P2 `* { O
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- Audigy Value2 L; |: C" l) g# z; @* D
- Audigy SE7 p0 O8 B* X: @
- Audigy LS
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- X-Fi Xtreme Audio
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Operating systems supported: 32-bit and 64-bit editions of Windows 7 / Vista SP1 & SP2 / XP SP36 i- H0 _' ]: J/ Q' y0 F
" F5 O" J# |9 L0 @6 QIncluded in the pack: ' q8 `4 N( \+ Y" J& q
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- Drivers for Windows 7 / Vista v5.12.1.2016 & Windows XP v5.12.01.622 (*)" g" x4 M H: R$ R& [+ \
- ALchemy 1.30.00 (Windows 7 / Vista only)) k5 y$ F+ m) H+ G9 r
- Audio Console 2.56.06
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6 N: Q. G/ T; g5 C' P% a* ?- Host OpenAL 1.01.08 (Windows 7 / Vista only)
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- Volume Panel 2.21.10
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Does this driver improve sound quality or performance? Are there any tweaks?, q( Q: A( T4 _; k7 v
% K! A5 v1 A& QNo, this driver does not improve sound quality nor increase performance.5 C, ?3 H# p8 q: d* I
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No, there are no tweaks.
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If someone states that its driver improves sound quality and performance, you are being fooled, cheated.: v0 j! `. i9 \
( \+ d2 H4 L* D( u5 v+ U9 Z6 wIt is even worse that the so called tweaks come from a person who is not EVEN technically acknowledged, does NOT know anything about Windows internals, software engineering and sound fidelity that all audiophiles always look for.( P" z5 y* [" z
7 x) m( `: s* U+ d4 VIf you "feel" the sound better, that is the infamous placebo effect and there is no real proof that any tweaks work.$ U3 Q& E! q/ u# z- j% S
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In fact, I have yet to see a driver that states in its release notes that it improves sound quality.4 L( N. Y k7 g. F' V; \
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I've disassembled about every single .SYS driver, .DLL libraries and .EXE executables and found nothing.
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4 A" _8 F1 v% L l0 S6 [0 E N2 W) X hThere are some undocumented registry values, but nothing related to sound quality or performance.
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! ?7 [& {: {- z1 ` ^' B5 RWould the so called tweaks even exist, they would be in my Support Packs, you can bet that.
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) x9 b& e" N* VFixes and improvements: A8 ~2 Q7 Y* F3 Y( N% A! N, e
+ S& q0 Q2 J! k- Fixes the Headphone mode reseting to Speakers mode on reboot (all cards. including the X-Fi Xtreme Audio)
4 O9 J% U, V. L- Console Launcher is now installed for all cards on all OSes, so Audio Center is removed
! n. z1 ?! N9 N* G, o* l/ b- Updates OpenAL redistributable to 2.0.7.0" {: F4 L* T" K4 ^ k: g8 ^
- Fixes broken uninstaller on all OSes,
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- Replaces Audio Console to fix multilanguage install.- A' f" P/ l7 a" ~* {4 g
- Changes setup routine and uses updated scripts.
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. {; _$ W6 y# `! | q9 g, p% ^7 v. C- Enables language selection dialog
5 f# O2 [* }6 p: ^3 n9 O9 u5 Z: a- Updates 3D engine filter driver for Windows XP.: z* ?$ v' e5 \! _) D. S0 h* K) t
- Fixes some issues with device features.6 ?9 s' A5 i2 S, {' n: I& p
- Improves EAX performance on XP.
# \/ S/ D2 [4 R* R) p" a- Improves OpenAL compatibility.2 e* x2 N& B9 r4 r) t7 E
- Updates Creative Software Synthesizer (XP only).7 [6 ^- o; \/ A( @
- Fixes CMSS not working on Windows 7 for AudigySE/ Value/LS / Live24bit / SB5.1VX, now everything works.
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Release Notes:
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Windows Security warning during driver installation+ X0 d. }3 `7 N( g
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When prompted with: "Windows can't verify the publisher of this driver software", choose "Install this driver software anyway".
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! G5 p4 a+ E# }5 @& }8 k) E% aX-FI Crystalizer is available only for X-Fi Xtreme Audio on Windows Vista& S Y2 [& Q& r0 E6 y1 l3 T
7 J5 q, i! X9 z( PCrystalizer is not available for Audigy Value/SE/LS, Live! 24-bit and SB 5.1 VX on Windows Vista.
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For all supported cards, except the X-Fi Xtreme Audio, Audio Console should be used to configure CMSS, which is not available in Console Launcher.
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Download:, _: H3 `; E/ E6 @' t) r
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Filename: P17X_SupportPack_2_0.exe7 W: S J' N; O1 K8 N0 e
File size: 58.8 MB . i P3 z/ O) o5 | J, h0 O! Q
CRC32 hash: 17E0F161' b l& x; M7 c' s* J4 g9 k
SHA-1 hash: 9D2C4395FDDABB5205A739DAD90A410C302F8158
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Mirrors: Rapidshare
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" p5 o6 D% R2 M9 h! i" r这是最新的吗?但是下不了啊!速度太慢了! |
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