Creative SB Live! FAQ
This is a discussion about Creative SB Live! FAQ in the Windows Hardware category; I see they are rolling out a Live!ware for W2K but look at all the crap features it has. I would rather use my hacked up drivers with a better live!ware product than going back to live!ware 1.
I see they are rolling out a Live!ware for W2K but look at all the crap features it has . I would rather use my hacked up drivers with a better live!ware product than going back to live!ware 1
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Looks like I expected to much from Creative - they take ages over releasing drivers (end of feb - march) and then release crap, out-of-date drivers for it.
Think I'll stick with my Liveware 3 mixture thingy
Exorcist
Think I'll stick with my Liveware 3 mixture thingy
Exorcist
Who wants to go back to liveware 1? I too gave Creative too much credit, thinking they would intro Liveware 4 for win 2k. Also, no mention of SMP compatibility, anyone know if these "new" driver's will support it? That might be a reason to switch...
Will some kind gent please gimme a working url for this hacked win2k livewire cos i need it bad.
Well - after speaking to a friend - I'm holding out a little hope that when Live!Ware4 is released it will have Win2k support, not sure how misplaced that is though
Oh well - soon see.
Exorcist
Oh well - soon see.
Exorcist
well if the live ware works then i would go back to liveware 1.0.....cause no matter how much installing i do i still have major probs with the liveware 3.0 in win2k....where are you guys finding the sb live win2k drivers? i searched creative and i couldnt find em
Creative have no official Win2k drivers at this time (as far as I know)
Try the downloads section, sure there's something in there on how to get Liveware 3 working under Win2k - works ok on my PC even if it is immensely fiddley, doesnt seem to work on everyones though.
Exorcist
Try the downloads section, sure there's something in there on how to get Liveware 3 working under Win2k - works ok on my PC even if it is immensely fiddley, doesnt seem to work on everyones though.
Exorcist
Creative can blow me> I knew they would do this. I bet they just got some guys workign on this durring hte past week. I bet they thought oh yea win2k is coming out maby we should support it. Fsucking A what are these guys thinking. There are so many companies that came out with drivers and these guys wait until the last minute.
Sorry guys i had another long day, We got a foot of snow here in VT...
Sorry guys i had another long day, We got a foot of snow here in VT...
Well guys, what I think of is just keep some patience and a little respect,since W2K is just around the turn, and I dont think creative can afford not having good support for one of its key product line in such a major updrade exercise. cheers.
Creative has had plenty of time to get their act together, the day that RC1 was finished. There wasn't going to be any major changes at that point and that was quite a ways back if I remember correctly.
Well, one W2K thing I wanted is a no-go, hopefully there will be some real Asus TNT drivers that run decently but I'm not holding my breath
Well, one W2K thing I wanted is a no-go, hopefully there will be some real Asus TNT drivers that run decently but I'm not holding my breath
Im happy with the way nvidia drivers are flowing. They seem to come out every 2-3 weeks. they usually get better every time. I agree creative should have done somthing since RC1 or even RC3. we should all send them hate mail, give them costomer relations hell..
Whine whine whine! Anyone here who *****es about creative(and any other company)about their drivers, I have one thing to say, lets see you write the drivers ok? When your capable of writing better drivers then complain, other wise be quiet and patient.
Well said ! ! If you don't like the way SBLive sounds, dual boot with 98.
hmmm... i just wiped out my sb-16 value.
boy does this isa sounblaster rock.. weeeee sounds much like my sblive.. i think until the drivers get released for smp liveware win2k i'll keep this baby in ma puter .. cuz it sounds perfectly fine for now..
boy does this isa sounblaster rock.. weeeee sounds much like my sblive.. i think until the drivers get released for smp liveware win2k i'll keep this baby in ma puter .. cuz it sounds perfectly fine for now..
It's the same for me : my AWE 64 is better than my SBPCI128, so I'm happy I haven't bought a new mobo with no ISA ...
As Seldzar said : we do not write driver ourselves, so be patient. In another way, it's their job and they are lazy slugs (look at nVidia).
Awx
As Seldzar said : we do not write driver ourselves, so be patient. In another way, it's their job and they are lazy slugs (look at nVidia).
Awx
Creative simply sucks, even Logitech has released mouseware 9.0 for W2K b4 offical launch date for W2K
HAHAHA thats funny.....comparing mouse drivers with soundcard drivers....hmmmm 3d audio implimentation or left click....hmmmmm
Hey Awaxx, when at work are you not trying to be lazy or trying to get out of doing more work than you should be =)
Hey Awaxx, when at work are you not trying to be lazy or trying to get out of doing more work than you should be =)
simply comparing hardware companies' altitudes towards w2k and their customers support, i don't see anything wrong with that. IMHO
"Seldzar: I have one thing to say, lets see you write the drivers ok? When your capable of writing better drivers then complain, other wise be quiet and patient."
what kind of childish ignorant rant is this? How realistic is it for someone to make drivers for a product for themselves? We bought these hardware (SB live) and we expect support. We don't just want to sitback and wait for month for drivers to come. And when a new, important OS comes out, we expect it to be supported. Its pretty pathetic how a big company like SB doesn't have drivers ready for their flagship product, and when they do come out, is substandard. Now, what you said is totally ignorant of reality. So we can't complain about products unless we could make better ones? Its like someone saying "Don't complain about Win2k unless you know how to make a better os." or "don't complaine about ur crappy american car...go and build ur own car". I'll take it into consideration that anything you complain about in the future...I'll add to it by saying "you shouldn't complain unless you know how to make it better".
Heifetz
what kind of childish ignorant rant is this? How realistic is it for someone to make drivers for a product for themselves? We bought these hardware (SB live) and we expect support. We don't just want to sitback and wait for month for drivers to come. And when a new, important OS comes out, we expect it to be supported. Its pretty pathetic how a big company like SB doesn't have drivers ready for their flagship product, and when they do come out, is substandard. Now, what you said is totally ignorant of reality. So we can't complain about products unless we could make better ones? Its like someone saying "Don't complain about Win2k unless you know how to make a better os." or "don't complaine about ur crappy american car...go and build ur own car". I'll take it into consideration that anything you complain about in the future...I'll add to it by saying "you shouldn't complain unless you know how to make it better".
Heifetz
quote:"...When your capable of writing better drivers then complain..."
i disagree; if let's say i could build better drivers than creative, then complain about what??? (probably i should write better drivers than 3dfx also etc untill i become God when i won't have anything left to complain about )
It's a serious company's responsibility to support all customers who buy their products. therefore they should have already released drivers for all their products.
that's my point of view on the subject.
[This message has been edited by 5t3ph3n (edited 17 February 2000).]
i disagree; if let's say i could build better drivers than creative, then complain about what??? (probably i should write better drivers than 3dfx also etc untill i become God when i won't have anything left to complain about )
It's a serious company's responsibility to support all customers who buy their products. therefore they should have already released drivers for all their products.
that's my point of view on the subject.
[This message has been edited by 5t3ph3n (edited 17 February 2000).]
