creative sound card

 Hi everyone I just read the  first pissed off review of a ds system. I have a $8500 system coming next week and I also ordered the creative sound card in mine. My question is am I going to have the same problems? I am in a wheelchair and really cant mess with that type of stuff. I do have a dual boot system with xp and vista but I would like my soundcard to work perfectly. I guess I am saying hey DS if you cant get the creative to work at 100 percent please install one that will. Thanks Guy Preston

Well just to put in my own two cents.  In a nutshell Creative sound card work on XP, not as much on Vista.  (The errors though he's having with Vista is strange though, the drivers are SUPPOSE to work on Vista aren't they?  It's just that gameplay experience with the sound card on Vista as expected isn't going to work out well.)

As someone who was under the rock about the Vista =/= Creative.
Daniel_K incident  When I found out about this... in general it just doesn't seem worth sticking with Creative when it comes to having a Vista OS.  If it was still XP things would probably still be alright lol.

Either way you're not getting what you're paying for if your'e gonna be running the Creative sound card with a Vista OS.

Seeing from your $8500+ config (thank you search funciton lol)  If you're wishing to pay something of that same quality.  Go with the Asus Xonar D2X (Before Widdlecat storms in here and says the same thing lol)

After checking reviws on the Xonar D2X.  It's pretty much the best soundcard that you ca use to plunge in with when using a Vista OS.

Listen to alot of music you say?  Aahahah then it's settled, Ask Widdlecat, she already states that Asus Xonar D2X has very high quality components in it that make alot of music ensthusiats pick the D2X for the sound clairty.

For me I'm only a gamer.  I don't listen to too much music but yeah.  I didn't wanna go with the Creative system (personally I wanted to go with the Auzentech Prelude, but it uses Creative's drivers, so I'd probably be risking my gaming experience here.)  Since Creative still needs to work out the kinks when trying to active EAX.  With the D2X it has a system where it emulates the EAX effects (and every single review said they can't differenciate to the real thing to that one heh)

Edit: Strictly speaking though.  It's not DSO's fault really.  Creative's job is to make sure their driver's WORK for Vista, but as you can see that still ain't the case.  Oh and I forgot you save $9 it seems if you go with the Xonar D2X lol.


Edited by Axel Daemon - 13 Sep 2008 at 8:11pm

So please if a digital storm person reads this please check the system for Guy Preston (stage 5)and if the creative sound card doesnt work for any reason at all please dont send it to me like that. Either contact me or change it to the asus card but still contact me. Thanks, Guy preston  

I work for GM and most parts are contracted out now so they are not GM parts. We get alot of stuff from other companies.  

They carry the component because people ask for it by name, and the vast majority do not experience a problem. Those with problems are always most vocal. This is the unfortunate fact. The 99 people that have a flawless experience will not come back and post on it. Most DSO customers never post on these forums at all. That 1 person that has a bad experience will go out of their way to tell as many people as will listen about it. That's understandable and it's human nature.

Edited by Tyler Lowe - 13 Sep 2008 at 9:43pm

Yes, they really do stay on top of things. Which motherboard did you select? If you went with an nVidia motherboard, and you want to be certain of avoiding issue, in my opinion, I would try and get a different card installed Of the people that did have a problem, the majority experienced it with an Nvidia chipset and Vista. Again, not to say all have had issue, but the combination of Vista, Creative's drivers, and Nvidia's motherboards seems to make it more likely. If this is the case, I would opt for the Asus Xonar soundcard over the Creative product if there is still time to make the change.

Edited by Tyler Lowe - 14 Sep 2008 at 1:30am

I knew she'd storm in here eventually saying so =P.

As for me I'd go with Auzentech Prelude, sacrificing some of that sound clarity, to full boost my gaming experience ahah.  Though at the moment I'll stick with Xonar D2X for now, since it seems like the Creative Drivers, still need a couple more tinkering with.

-actually goes and makes a topic regarding that-


Edited by Axel Daemon - 16 Sep 2008 at 12:15am

I used to have two sets of 5.1 Klipsch speakers.  I loved them until both sets shorted out and no longer functioned... I didn't bother trying to get them replaced, but I probably should have.