Creative's big middle finger to gamers: no EAX presets on X-Fi Titanium

I just bought a X-Fi Titanium Fatalty Pro.
If you go into Audio Control Panel, EAX Effects, the list of presets is empty and there is not even a way to add one!
What's the point of "Game" mode or EAX or ALchemy if there are no EAX presets at all?
The box advertises "Realistic EAX 5.0 sound effects". And which effects would those be?

KDon't use the presets because they sound like balls. Just set it to Game Mode and turn on EAX in the games that use them. Directsound3D games will need Alchemy to function but OpenAL games should work fine and dont need Alchemy. Check the Creative Connect site for a list of games.

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