X-Fi series cards and Windows 8

Follow up after second restart:
Sound settings did not stick. So i used uninstaller to clear all Creative stuff then restart and re-install.
All sticks as it should now. Sounds great (same goodness observed/heard)
The front bay, though, is a let down! No lights and no controls work after clean install.

 

One thing I noticed after installing the drivers and rebooting is that in windows action center/maintenance there was a warning to finish installing the device, which i am guessing was the x-fi. Funny thing is it worked perfectly even before doing it but maybe it will help you if you are having the same warning in there.

Also looks like both those sets were officially released at creative support

 

Yayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!~~!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~!~!~!~! Final Windwos 8 Drivers~

 

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LOL I think Creative driver team are working on their network infrastucture.

 

I found the drivers through this way >> http://support.creative.com/KB/showarticle.aspx?sid=61105&h=13

 

Does this fix the issue of no sound after restarting?

 

for me yes :banana:

 

Hey guys, haven't really been keeping up, but have there been any new drivers released for the Titanium HD?

Thanks,

 

go here you can check:

http://support.creative.com/KB/showarticle.aspx?sid=61105&h=13

 

Finally! I'm going to give these a try then.

 

Drivers are nice...

The boot up no sound issue with SSD is gone.

Settings also did save.

Yes they are good...

 

Creative have a beta driver for X-Fi cards now. Daniel_k also swooped in and released a pack for all X-Fi cards based on the Auzentech Forte drivers. They are newer than Creative's private beta drivers. I currently use Daniel_k's pack with no issues.

http://forums.creative.com/showthread.php?t=699146

 

Great, thanks for the info!


I had newest DK 1.8 UAA pack + creative win 8 official January 2013 driver and it kinda sucks.
Every time i boot into windows i have to switch between modes to get my sound back. I didnt have that with all in one DK UAA 1.8 pack.


Hope everything is ok with this new forte 2.0 pack.

 

It loads the creative auto update program again if it was deleted before. :3eyes:

 

Interestingly enough the win8 drivers also work with win7.

 

Going to try that, I can't stand this crap Realtek any more.

EDIT:
Works perfectly. Finally I can enjoy new music. Aaaaahhhh! What a difference!

 

No luck for the Prelude. The same daniel_k said he can't make a mod for them cards.

 

That Forte 2.0 driver works ok on my SB046A XFI (win8), but now i cant enable 32bit/96khz anymore, only 24bit (max 24/192) available.. UAA 1.8 or default creative driver worked ok (max 32/192), ah well.

Btw it sounds better then default Creative January 2013 driver or UAA 1.8 prelude driver, its clearer and with more defined sounds

 

Why would you want to do that anyway? X-Fi hardware doesn't support 32-bit so it was a bug for sure.

 

Why not? :grin: and i know its mostly interpolated? to higher bit rate.. btw no its not a bug win8 also supports 32bit.