What driver to use?

What driver to use?Hey All,
I have been using the default Creative drivers since I got my X-FI Titanium a couple months ago. Overall I have had a good experience with them but I am finally tired of the random cracking/distortion that I get every once in a while when my computer has been for awhile that forces me to reboot.
So I am wanting to try out some moded drivers. I am a little unsure on which one is the best to go with. So far I have all of these downloaded:
Daniel_K X-FI Support Pack 2.0
Daniel_K X-FI Install Disc .0
Robertmc8 X-FI PAX Audio Suite DVD 200 V2.0
Robertmc8 X-FI?PAX Driver V3.0
Now I know that the last is just the driver while the other three all suites with all the applications. So I am assuming that the 3. driver is just a updated one to use with this DVD Suite. So what are your guys opinions on these drivers and which is the best to go with? I primarily play games on my computer but I watch a lot of online videos and listen to music from time to time if that hel
ps.
Please let know me what you guys think. Thanks for your time!
Chris Stickles

Sorry, I did forget to post that, here is my complete system specs:
Operating System: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
Motherboard: MSI P7N SLI Platinum
Processor: Intel Core 2 Quad q9550
Memory: 8gb G.Skill DDR2 pc6400
Graphics Card: .28gb EVGA Geforce GTX 470
Physx Card: 52mb EVGA Geforce 9800GT
Sound Card: Creative Sound Blaster X-FI Titanium
Hard Dri've: 80gb/(2x)500gb Western Digital IDE
Power Supply: Thermaltake 850watt TR2 RX
Hope that helps you guys out!

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