Audigy Battlefield 2 BF2 Sound Issue Vista

Hi there,
I upgraded my machine to Windows Vista x64 yesterday. And there is someting that really peeves me. The sound in Battlefield 2 is horrible.....
Explosions, Jets, Arty and stuff.... sounds totally broken/scratchy, like if you turn your speakers as far as it will go... you know.. when it becomes booming and you fear your speakers take damage I think oversteering/overmodulating might be the right word.
I can't believe it... the Audigy card and its sound was superior using Windows XP.
Any suggestions
Tested BF2 Sound Settings
Software / High
Hardware / High
SystemSpecs:
MSI P35 Neo2 FR
2x2048MB DDR840RAM
Windows Vista x64
[email protected]
Nvidia 7600GT
Soundblaster Audigy (latest official driver)

Hi,
I installed this one:
http://forums.creative.com/creativel...scending&page=
It's way much better then before but not perfect, still a little scratchy. I also installed the latest OpenAL (.) but the .dll's didn't worked when copied to BF2 folder, neither the one from system32 nor the one from syswow64. I found two a wrap_oal.dll, wich obviously comes with the drivers above. The 64bit version worked but I didn't noticed any improvements. So I switched back to BF2's OpenAL dll.
I gonna try the driver you posted later this day. Thank you very much.

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