Here's another guide, this time on how to transform some old Live! Or Audigy SE/24bit cards into an X-fi Xtreme Audio. Since this thread started a couple of things changed: on daniel_k's blog a modded driver is linked that no longer contains the CMSS, 3D and Crystalizer. That driver will turn the card in an X-Fi, but without it doing anything to sound quality. Fortunately I managed to dig up an older modded driver on my hard drive, made also by daniel_k, that has all the goodies.
It's uploaded on a few mirrors, probably not all as stable as I would have liked, but at least one should work. Toolbox: • modded drivers for SB Audigy Value/SE/LS & Live! 24-bit • • • • - this one has been suggested by Razzy and it's a newer version of the drivers, straight from daniel_k • one of the following sound cards • SB Audigy Value • SB Audigy SE • SB Audigy LS • SB Audigy 24bit • SB Live! 24bit What would you gain by using these drivers: • bragging rights - for all intents and purposes you'll have an X-Fi • X-Fi specific software like the Crystalizer, which sounds pretty amazing • EAX 3.0, 4.0 and (not sure) 5.0 in software - using these effects in games may increase the CPU usage; you can always choose not to enable them • decent drivers for XP, Vista and 7 (x86 and x64) for sound cards that have been forgotten by their makers. Some background information You should know that if you have an onboard sound card, the sound quality of even a 20$ Audigy SE would be quite noticeable even with its stock drivers.
Audigy SE to X-Fi Xtreme Audio. I decided to try to mod the 1.04.0079 X-Fi Xtreme Audio driver for Audigy SE. At this point I was able only to mod the drivers. Audigy SE to X-Fi Xtreme Audio (1.04.0079 modded drivers) - Daniel K a fost primul care a reusit sa modeze driverele de X-Fi Xtreme Audio astfel incat sa.
Oct 12, 2008 The last X-Fi X-treme modded for Audigy SE are 1.04.0078. I modded the 1.04.0079 X-Fi Xtreme Audio drivers for Audigy Value, Audigy SE / Audigy 2 SE, Audigy LS, Live!
Download Concrete Driveway Liquid Crack Repair. With these drivers you get much more than what you paid for. See this modd as the one 4 years ago, when you could modd a 80$ ATI 9800SE into a 300$ 9800XT with only a driver update; if you missed that one be sure to get at least this one. What to do (the actual modd) Download the drivers from one of the mirrors above and install them. Enjoy your new X-Fi Xtreme Audio. If you have any comments or questions unanswered don't hesitate.
This modd works because of the simple reason that the Audugy Value/SE/LE 24bit and the X-Fi Xtreme Audio are nothing more than rebrands of the venerable SB Live! Evil Dead 4 Game For Pc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- P.S. It is not important if you install the drivers over the stock ones, though I would clean the old junk. I haven't cleaned anything and it worked, but if it doesn't try this: use DriverCleanerPro in Safe mode (press F8 during startup to accede) to clean any driver you may have installed, and afterward install the new ones. Credits: • Fist to daniel_k's drivers that are all a Creative user could wish for • To many members on OCN that have helped maintain the thread and kept suggesting mirrors to keep the thread alive Aftermath: During the life of this thread, a few members have asked modds for different Creative cards, so here's what I found: - Modd for EMU 10k1 cards (Live! EMU and Audigy 1) -, the only things missing are some stock drivers is someone that has one of these cards to test it - Modd for Audigy EMU10k2 to add the X-Fi Crystalizer and the X-Fi console - it's tested and working.