Audigy SE Issues -- Startup probl

Hey all - I just recently built a new system and carried over my Audigy SE from my last build to this one. Now, don't know if its a combination of all the new equipment, or the Audigy SE card itself, but for the last two days, I'd been running into problems launching both Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter ( and 2) and Gears of War. Just today, I got it in my head: "Why don't I try disabling the darn thing.... " Disabled it through system tools, and voila --- both GRAW and GoW launched w/out a hitch. But... no sound! =( Creative, my advice: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE update the Vista 32 and 64 bit drivers. I can't say for certain that your company is to fault here, but disabling your device has gotten my foot in the door by at least launching these games. Unfortunately, I'm just going to have to resort to on-board audio given the lack of attention to this matter... Other Gamers: I don't know 'bout you, but I was really lookin forward to GoW -- now that I've gotten it workin, you might wanna try disabling any Creative audio equipment you've got on the inside and see if this resolves your issue... If anyone else out there has the same system specs... here they are: - E6750 2.66 Core 2 Duo- Asus MB P5K-E- EVGA 8600 GTS- Corsair XMS 2 gig Ok... I've made my peace.. off to play games now!

Yes, you need ASIO driver ... but as the integrated nor Audigy SE has nati've support foe ASIO ... you need to use Asio4All but ... does the Sibelius software support ASIO? If it does then when you install the Asio4All driver, open it's control panel and set the ASIO Buffer Size (slider) as left as possible (you start hear crackling / distortion in audio when buffer is set too small).
If I were you, I would simple forget the Soundblaster brand and get a pro-card. Low budger cards like E-MU 0404, 22M from Creative brand are much better than any SB model and there are brands like M-Audio, ESI, RME, Lynx, etc. ... depending on the type of interface you prefer most (PCI/PCIe. USB, Firewire or CardBus).
http://www.asio4all.com
http://www.emu.com
http://www.m-audio.com/
http://www.esi-audio.com/products/
http://www.rme-audio.de/en_index.php
http://www.lynxstudio.com/index.asp
jutapa
EDIT: By the Sibelius site, ASIO compatible sound card is listed on computer requirements so, just download the asio4all and have a nice day.Message Edited by jutapa on 02-27-200807:30 PM

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