Sound blaster Audigy 2 ZS bad so

Hi.
I have a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS and I just installed Windows Vista yesterday. The auto updates for Vista gave me some working drivers for my sound card, but sometimes the quality just sounds way worse than it did with Windows XP. Has anyone else noticed this? Is there a way to fix it's
James

First unistall Creative stuff through add remove programs.
Next run Guru3D driver sweeper and double check the log for failed removals.
Next uninstall Creative hardware in Windows device manager. (also tick "delete the driver software for this device")
After that, you should have deleted everything!
As for "the best drivers", both are (the same but) different and it depends on what you want to use your card for. Both work fine wth ALchemy and both get the job done.
daniel_k's latest drivers have equalizer, louder volume and advanced CMSS. daniel_K also has a few hybrid ISO with DVD audio, MIDI and other valuable applications. They don't always perform as they should though for obvious reasons (NO OFFICIAL CREATIVE VISTA SUPPORT - XP applications - No Hardware Audio).
nomoregoatsoup are just recent X-Fi drivers and a basic Creative Audio console. They offer improved sound quality over the official version and also offer limited DTS/SPDIF options like the Dell counterparts.
All current Audigy Vista drivers are inferior compared to XP ones.

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