Driver Update: Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 2.07.0004

Creative Technology released new drivers a few days ago for its latest generation of sound cards equipped with an Extreme Fidelity processor, the X-Fi. The drivers are only suitable for Windows XP, both the 32-bit and 64-bit editions. The download is a small 40MB in size and can here are being found. Among the changes we find, among other things, a lower processor usage in games that use 3D/EAX and a number of bugs have also been fixed. The complete changelog looks like this:

Fixes in this release:

• Removes randomly occurring audio distortion that may occur after you install drivers and restart your computer.
• Improves host CPU utilization performance when you play 3D/EAX games.
• Improves the usability of the Bit-Matched Playback feature in Audio Creation Mode.
• Resolves some MIDI/SoundFont® compatibility issues.
• Restores EAX presets properly when you select default settings in Entertainment Mode.
• Resolves the issue of a mode console sometimes not responding after you switch modes.
• Restores proper functionality to the EQ sliders when you select EAX effects in Entertainment Mode.
• Removes the error message that sometimes appears in THX Setup Console when you switch modes multiple times.
• Resolves the issue of your computer not responding when you change the Reverb Aux effect in Audio Creation Mode.

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