Gaming and the audigy

I been a hard core gamer for along time just the last 2 years I really got into pc gaming
I just got my first sound card 2 weeks ago up to then I would just use OB sound , didnt think rthere was much a diffrence, someone told me i should try a sound card so I gort a soundblaster pci52 it is way out of date but man did it make a huge diffrence in the sounds I was hearing, so I decided to step up\so I purchased a AUDIGY PLATNIUM EX with the external dri've and all thre other goodies, how much of a diffrence will I notice? will it really give me better frame rate in game? I already have a decent gamer
pentium 4 3.0 HT 800 fsb
gig corsair XMS matched gaming ram
asrock p4s55fx+
nvidia 6800 geforce
80 gig SATa hdd
40 gig sata hdd
spark7 extreme cooler
zboard/logitech mx58
this sound card I am hopeing is the icing on the cake,
I play "battlefield 2 " on a league team, along with all the newer FPSers, F.E.A.R., QUAKE 4,BROTHERS IN ARMS, AND THE LIST GOES ON
what kind of things can I expect from this newer card, if any?
any special gamer hints or tips? I should know?
Thx Meth

This maybe similar to your problems... I have a SBLIVE Value an EMU 0404, once I installed the upgrades for the EMU the LIVE stop working normally, what I did was to roll back the Live drivers in windows device manager. As long as you tell EMU driver installation to keep a backup, I guess... Anyway EMU drivers are kept intact with the roll back of the Live drivers, so thats a secure procedure. Kind of strange and annoying not making compatible drivers for both cards in the first place....

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I got the Audigy 2 ZS Gamer since it had $70 USD in rebates and instant savings. I got home and the installation failed ( and I did uninstall the old drivers and disable onboard sound). I had made a restore point prior to the installation, but decided to try again. Supposedly, the install worked, but it really didn't. I had sound through Windows media player and in a game but not in windows, and none of the creative troubleshooter showed several failures. Also, my NAV 2002 autodetect wouldn't load. Device Manager showed one item under sound with an exclamation mark. I then installed AVG so I would have an AV prog. Then I discovered that there were so many restore points that it wiped out the one I made. After sever installs/uninstalls, I tried to go back to the onborad sound and that wasn't working right either.
I bit the bullet, reformatted, and reinstalled windows. I also kept the onboard sound disabled and installed the Audigy 2 ZS sound card. It worked! I have not installed Media Source.
Is anyone using Norton's 2004 and the Audigy 2 ZS card and supporting software (not sure if I'll install mediasource)? I know that several people tout AVG, but I'm not so positive. They have not rated really well, consistantly, in the Virus Bulletin ( http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?avg.xml ). In fact, as far as their history, they have done poorly compared to Norton's and many others ( http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/p...ml?symantec.xml and http://www.virusbtn.com/vb100/archives/products.xml?eset.xml as examples ). I was very surprised for I'd always heard good things about AVG. It did give me a false positive yesterday (hidden extension-took out the spaces, rescanned and it was clean). Remember, I'm asking about Norton's and Audigy 2.
Of course, any input about your experiences with norton's/Audigy 2 or whatever you're using will be most appreciated.
I posted this in Anything Under The Sun, but no one seems to be looking at it. My appologies for double posting, but I really need to hear about people's experiences with this Sound Card/software and Antivirus software.

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Originally posted by NovJoe
I'm using Norton AV with my Audigy without and problems so far. Just do not let Norton do any auto repairs or removal and things should be well. Next, I suggest that you update your Creative Mediasource/plug-ins and drivers as well.
Which version of Norton's are you using? My problem is with the 2002 version that is part of SystemWorks.
I haven't installed Mediasource, just the drivers (and updates) and the software for the audigy 2 ZS with the THX and EAX consoles updates (again, not mediasource). Is it really worth having Mediasource installed?
Oh yeah, despite all the problems I had and having to reformat, NO buzz, hum, static now with microphone using this sound card.

Why can't I buy the audigy pack off the creative store?

It gives me and error, so I can't get a license.
What are my alternati'ves?
Yes I've verified my info and tried multiple cards. As well as browsers.
So whats this all about?
Basically I get this for a few moments
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Please wait a moment while we process your transaction.</td></tr><tr><td><img height="20" width="[/img] src="https://buy.soundblaster.com/storecontent/c/creativelabsstore/images/trans.gif"></td></tr><tr><td>Please do not leave this page until your transaction is complete. Otherwise, you may not see the confirmation and receipt.</td></tr><tr><td><img height="20" width="[/img] src="https://buy.soundblaster.com/storecontent/c/creativelabsstore/images/trans.gif"></td></tr></table>?
Then I get this:
<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>TRANSACTION FAILED</td></tr><tr><td><img height="20" width="[/img] src="https://buy.soundblaster.com/storecontent/c/creativelabsstore/images/trans.gif"></td></tr><tr><td>Reason:</td></tr><tr><td><img height="20" width="[/img] src="https://buy.soundblaster.com/storecontent/c/creativelabsstore/images/trans.gif"></td></tr><tr><td>An error occurred in your transaction Reference ID: S-66K2222AR9M9A3J322</td></tr><tr><td><img height="20" width="[/img] src="https://buy.soundblaster.com/storecontent/c/creativelabsstore/images/trans.gif"></td></tr><tr><td>Please click here to try again.
I just want digital 5.
What should I do?
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;Thank you very much for the quick reply.
Might I ask why the x-fi and the Audigy 2 se are almost identical?
The x-fi xtreme seems to be a rehash.
However, it seems the audigy has the codec for 5. optical, but the x-fi doesn't.

Z97 GAMING 9 AC - PCIE and the wi-fi module no longer detecting

Hi,
I 'm Overclocking enthusiast and recently decided to take to my hometown in Brazil using a platform products from MSI, to make disclosure of benchmark tests in social networks and in gaming blogs.
So i purchased a new system including the MSI Z97 GAMING 9 AC motherboard and MSI Gaming N770 TF 4GD5/OC GeForce GTX 770 4GB graphics card. After building the system I initially had problems with the graphics card not being detected and the wi-fi module (that hard to fit in the mobo) don't even appear in device manager. I already tried to dismount and remount the module on the motherboard with extreme care, no success. After some research I updated the bios to 1.5 and used the onboard graphics card to install windows 8.1, drivers etc. After windows, drivers etc were installed the graphics card and the wi-fi module still would not detect.
I have tried another graphics card in this system and it does not seem to work either. In bios it just always says that the PCIE slots are 'empty'.
So I have tried the following:
1. Cleared CMOS.
2. Updated BIOS.
3. Updated Chipset, drivers etc.
4. Tested the Graphics Card in other computers.
5. Used a different graphics card in this system.
6. Tried PCIE 2.0, 3.0 and auto.
7. Completely reformated and started from scratch.
So after many attempts I am disappointed with MSI and need some solution to my problem, since I saw that several customers who have purchased from MSI are the same product with exactly the same problem which possibly conclude that MSI has a duty to resolve these cases.
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I have the exact same problem with my gaming 9 AC only the PCIe slot for gfx card worked initially. MSI support sent me a new WiFi adapter, it also didnt work. When I installed it, the PCIe slot would not identify my graphics card anymore. MSI support then advised me to return the board to the reseller, where it is now - they are checking it for defects before they do anything.
Ill keep you updated how they proceed from here. If there are any more problems I will just ask my reseller to downgrade me to a gaming 7, I can add a pcie wifi card on my own, and avoid the hassle.

We have an airport extreme wifi in house, but also want to set up a hardwired ethernet connection for gaming and streaming of netflix. The computer only sees one or the other not both at same time.

We have a new iMac 2.9ghz and are running an airport extreme set up in house with several express entenders. The problem is that our son is streaming netflix and doing on line gaming and hogging all the band width. Time Warner tech suggested a hard wired ethernet connection to computer base sattion next to computer so that it can have direct conenction to internet. After much fishing of wire the connection worked great, but the wifi connection for the house is gone. I unplugged the ethernet connection and everything is fine. I read the articles about adjusting network preferences, but the issue seems to be in the extreme not in the computer. the connection goes from cable modem to extreme, from extreme to house and to hard wired conenction to other computer. Do we need a splitter before the extreme?

No. Something else is going on.
Your son may be hogging all the bandwidth but your wireless network should never simply disappear. Moreover, if your son isn't doing anything the available bandwidth for other devices should remain unaffected.
I suspect that something is miswired, and from what you describe I suspect that link is between the Extreme and the "other computer".
The way to accomplish what you propose is
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Extreme's LAN ports > wired Ethernet devices.
There should be nothing but an Ethernet cable linking an Extreme LAN port and any other wired device. If you run out of available LAN ports on the Extreme, you need to by an "Ethernet switch" - they are not expensive, but don't call it a "splitter" or you will only confuse yourself. The switch would be connected to one of the Extreme's LAN ports, and you would connect additional devices to it. You can also use one of your Expresses for that purpose, assuming it is the current generation model with two Ethernet ports.

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Hello. I would like to state that if this is not the place for this question please feel free to remove it, I just figured this would be the first forum I tried for this question.
So here it is: I own a SB Audigy 2 card, and I'm trying to play this game: http://agtp.romhack.net/doukutsu.html - only when I load it, it causes my computer to crash.
Now for the long version:
I used to have an SB Audigy Gamer sound card, until I moved it into another computer and upgraded to this SB Audigy 2 Value card. I've played this game (which was built on DirectX 5, btw) with the old card and had no problems at all - though that was before I reformatted, so other settings and files may have changed. I can play other games fine - Final Fantasy 7 (uses DirectX 7), and even the newest stuff (Half-Life 2 - uses DirectX 9). This is the only game which does it.
Exactly what happens is this; when the game first loads, there is no sound (the way the game is designed). Once the title screen comes up, where there is sound, a second or two later my computer crashes with the following error, and an annoying clicking or screeching sound loop playing over the speakers (as you would normally hear if sound was playing when the computer crashes);
DRIVER_IRQL_NOT_LESS_OR_EQUAL
Stop: 0x000000D (0x0000000, 0x00000007, 0x00000000, 0xB7C89B)
hap7v2k.sys - Address B7C89B base at B7C6A000, Datestamp 4095DD7F
Well that's some of it anyway. I'm fairly certain it's due to the sound card because (a) in the properties for that .sys file it has Creative as the manufacturer, and (b), the game comes with a seperate program for listening to the music files - running this program is fine, but as soon as you try to listen to the music - it crashes... same error.
Here's what I've done so far:
- Re-downloaded and reinstalled the game
- Uninstalled and reinstalled the sound card
- Uninstalled all PCI cards except for the sound card, and reinstalled the sound card
- Verified that Windows, all my drivers, and BIOS are up to date (including the audigy drivers)
- Verified that the sound card is not sharing an IRQ, or any other types of resources
- Tried the game with various Windows XP compatibility settings (Win95, etc.), reinstalled DirectX, messed with the sound card's hardware acceleration (all the way off and all the way on).
I think that covers it all - also I do have an open discussion with Creative's support, trying something new every day now but I'm hoping someone here can help even a little bit.
I've run all the dxdiag tests and they've all passed, but here is the output if it's any help; http://www.eaglemaint.com/link/DxDiag.txt
Lastly, my system specs at a glance:
Asus A7M266-D motherboard, Socket A chipset
Two .53 GHz AMD MP 800+ processors
256 MB nVidia GeForce 6800 GT
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250GB and 30GB HDDs
Two 52x CD-RWs
4-port Asus USB PCI card
3 Linksys 0/00 Ethernet PCI cards
550 Watt Antec PSU
I think that's all the important stuff. I've done searches here in these forums, on google (only a handful of sites even mention that .sys file, so I can't find any information on it), and in creative and microsoft's support websites. If you have any ideas at all on what might be wrong or what I could try to fix it, please let me know. My AIM name is "The Eagle Maint" if you'd prefer that, or my email is [email protected].
Thanks ahead of time for any help anyone may be able to give, and let me know if there is anything else I can provide... I'm sure I'm missing something.
-Mathew Tate

I'm not sure if the drivers are compatible between the two cards.
Recently when I uninstalled the audigy 2 and put in my old audigy card, I didn't remove the drivers first - upon restarting, the computer recognized my audigy with the audigy 2's drivers. It seemed to work ok, but I installed the normal audigy drivers anyway.
The catch is, well - the reason I really contacted support in the first place - when I had my audigy 2 card installed (with the audigy 2 drivers from the CD) I couldn't install the driver updates for my audigy 2 from the creative website. Basically, the online auto-update feature wasn't working, and when I manually downloaded the programs and ran them, they said that I didn't have an audigy 2 card installed. I got that resolved with support after they suggested that I download the audigy 2 'value' drivers - I had been trying to get the regular audigy 2 drivers (not value) before that... so basically, I think the audigy 2 can only take the drivers that I have installed now.
I suppose it is just some kind of incompatability, it just kind of baffles me because it used to work fine on my old audigy, and you said you've tried it with your audigy 2 and have no problem... computers can be such a pain.
Anyway, thanks for the help, I guess I should just be thankful everything else works ok.Message Edited by The_Eagle_Maint on 07-05-2005 04:25 AM

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Take a look at this thread, it might be of some help:?http://forums.creative.com/creativel...ssage.id=89257??OTOH if you are on Vista, all bets are off.Message Edited by HSE on 05-0-200705:8 PM

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I am having problem with that setup, the sound is clobberred and out of sync or sometime dropped entirely.
Don't tell me to change PowerDVD to waveout instead of directsound, I needs directsound since that the only thing MCE2005 supports.
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