When are Creative going to release NEW Audigy 2 ZS drivers? (CAT/ADMINS plz read last pos

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<SPAN>Hi
<SPAN>First and foremost I would like to emphasise this post is by no means a flame against the hardworking staff at Creative Labs, but more of a curious question.
<SPAN>I am a relati'vely happy owner of an Audigy 2 ZS Platinum PRO. Apart from a few niggling teething problems which were sorted out extremely well by Technical Support (they even shipped me a newer revision of the driver installation CD free of charge) I have had no problems!!!
<SPAN>HOWEVER, Doom3 version .3 added OpenAL and EAX 4 support, which as you might have guessed is good news for us Audigy2/ZS/4 owners.
<SPAN>Unfortunately to get the best out of Doom3 I had to download BETA drivers, this was not really a problem since they are relati'vely stable, but these drivers do have a few niggling problems.
<SPAN>For Example, the THX Setup console does not remember the speaker position settings. AND Half-Life 2 requires the speakers to be set each time I enter the game.
<SPAN>E.g each time I load Half-Life 2 I have to set the speakers to 7. surround (pre BETA drivers did not have this problem)
<SPAN>It would be nice if somebody from Creative was to either release an updated version of the BETA driver (preferably non-BETA), an updated THX setup console, OR to inform us when a new Driver and applications will arri've.
<SPAN>Not meaning to sound rude, but FOUR MONTHS is rather a long time for a Driver to stay in Beta status.
<SPAN>Thanks for your time
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<SPAN>Cat top day to you!
<SPAN>I have a suggestion, or rather proposition that Im sure allot of folks here will agree with. <IMG height=6 src="http://forums.creative.com/i/smilies/6x6_smiley-happy.gif" width=6 border=0>
<SPAN>How about instead of the preview site http://preview.creativelabs.com being used exclusi'vely for releasing beta <SPAN>64Bit drivers for public testing (which next to nobody uses). How about you (Creative) extend public beta testing to <SPAN>32Bit drivers and applications for release on the http://preview.creativelabs.com website ?.
<SPAN>Imho it will make the official drivers much more stable and worthwhile for the average user. It is just a thought and suggestion .<IMG height=6 src="http://forums.creative.com/i/smilies/6x6_smiley-happy.gif" width=6 border=0>
Message Edited by JohnZS on 08-25-2005 :42 PM

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That would be fantastic CAT if you could fill us in on driver update. 4mths is a bit much.
I use the beta's ATM jut to test em out and give feed back on how they work.
Still no EAX in BF2, However I get better performance and no more sound drop out, YAH. TOP JOB TEAM !!!!
Seem stable and all console apps work fine.
Though I still get NO eax ( reverb, occlusion ) in the following games.
Soldier of fortune 2
Starwars BattleFront
Call of duty and Call of Duty UO
Painkiller
BattleField Vietnam
GTA SA
UT 2004.
Hmm, thats alot of games that STATE EAX that I dont get it with. Even with other drivers I still get no EAX.
I do get AWESOME EAX in these games though.
Rainbow SIX raven sheild
Theif 2 DS
V8 supercars 2
Colin MCrea rally 4
So my card is fine and working perfectly.
Hope the next set fixes everything up EAX wise.