Isnt that exactly what this is about? Creative trying to stop people using thier software with Asus cards (and other obviously).
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Isnt that exactly what this is about? Creative trying to stop people using thier software with Asus cards (and other obviously).
I'm happpy with my Razer Card and HP1 Headset,
Win :)
I was thinking of purchasing the card.
Forget about that now. I cannot stand by a company that does this to people.
They could of just hired this guy if they felt he was so much of a threat to them.
@brotha_esau
I agree with ya brotha! Auzen FTW!
Creative should really hire the guy if they want their asses back on track. Their drivers seems to cause users a lot of PITA that's why I stayed away from their product lineup even though the specs are great.
arent auzentech drivers still comming from creative or they got nothing to do with creative except for the X-fi chips?
I believe they started out with creative drivers for the prelude and their driver team is slowly developing their own.I haven't had much info on the prelude cards.
As for the Xplosion, its teh best bang for buck card for me. :up:
Please change the title. It's just a cease and desist, not a suit.
//Andreas
Creative is also pissed off at Asus now because Asus is adding EAX support :rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Borgod
The chips, the drivers and the apps are coming from Creative...Now if Auzentech is modifying them thats another story which i dont know.Quote:
Originally Posted by mc2k
Asus cant add EAX support for 2 reasons. A) The CMI8788 chip does not support EAX 4,5 B) Shouldnt Asus buy the rights for EAX from Creative in the first place ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Zytek_Fan
Have you seen his XFi drivers anywhere? Supposedly they're pretty good for prelude users.Quote:
Originally Posted by DerekFSE
Guys, developing drivers is not that as easy as you think. You should be happy what you have now or go and buy PRO sound cards that are much more expensive than creative ones
Eh, in their defense he did only customize their already existing drivers.Quote:
Originally Posted by DerekFSE
What issues do you have?
Comsistently releasing crippled drivers & intentionally shortchanging customers to earn more sales is too easy it seems. Creative should be in court for crapping on its customers from a great height.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwi
The long and the short of it is that they created themselves a monopoly & are now abusing it to the detriment of both the industry & most importantly, its customers.
As of 2 months ago I am Creative free. Not a single chip, speaker or mp3 player remains.
I'm not defending them, they chose not to make fully functional drivers as business decision, not an engineering decision, they're a :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty company that doesn't take care of their customers after they have the money.Quote:
Originally Posted by DerekFSE
Having :banana::banana::banana::banana:ty drivers doesn't mean they aren't capable of making good ones, it means either they aren't capable or they don't want to spend the money to do it - I'm betting on option 2.
i'm for creative trying to sue him, Why you say? Well because if they do he can counter sue that they intentionally giving sub-par drivers and quality of service their customers are paying for, and it could potentially turn in to a class action suit, giving all the customers who feel short changed a voice.
what kind of mp3 player do u have now, archos??Quote:
Originally Posted by DeathReborn
You can go into almost any forum and find people complaining about some issue with creative drivers all the way back to there first sound cards. Their own forum is littered by people with grips. Seems like they only test out their drivers with a few sets of hardware and release them. Meanwhile if you own a different motherboard like say a DFI 965-S and are having crackling, hissing, and popping issues with certain games the bottom line is they just don't give a :banana::banana::banana::banana:. New drivers just came out last week and still the same problems persist. If a guy wants to unlock features for all of creatives sound cards do you think I care? They screwed me. Seems turn about is only fair play. More power to ya Daniel_K!Quote:
Originally Posted by kiwi
that follows their driver support, amazingQuote:
Originally Posted by SKYMTL
Seems I read somewhere recently they're definitely close to bankruptcy.Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYMTL
Hence why they want to enforce their IP rights so much. They will need something to sell once the lenders come a-callin.
And yes, they just sold off their HQ building I believe.
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I checked with management, and it was decided we would bring back the Audigy Support Pack thread and allow you to continue in that endeavor. As long as no intellectual property of Creative is distributed, we will have no problem with it. I will get the thread reposted shortly.Quote:
daniel_k wrote:
Dale removed everything I posted, including the Audigy Support Pack, that does not enable any "new" feature, except those present in XP drivers. I think you went too far.
Now Audigy owners are left in the dark, no Equalizer, no CMSS, no DVD Audio, no Hardware MIDI, no Dolby/DTS decoding.
Dale
Forum Moderator
Creative Labs
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PeterJvM,Quote:
PeterJvM wrote:
Does this mean that if we want to make a donation to him for his efforts, read carefully, FOR HIS EFFORTS not for the drivers, that we can do this freely without getting him into trouble?
We are checking into that particular matter, and will get back to you guys on it probably Monday.
Dale
Forum Moderator
Creative Labs
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I got my vista x64 drivers from him for my Audigy 2 ZS since creative's drivers blow. Horrific crackling, popping, stuttering, and 4.1 wouldn't work. Installed his driver package... ahh nice and clear and 4.1 works again, just like in XP. Come on creative, your drivers worked fine in XP, why can't you figure out vista??
Making creative's drivers run on other hardware besides creative hardware is going too far though.
Funny, that graph follows onboard sound chipset improvement pretty well...Quote:
Originally Posted by SKYMTL
As for creative: maybe if they supported their products then people would buy them instead of just using onboard sound. I spent an extra $100 to buy an auzentech card with a creative chip instead of buying a x-fi xtreme gamer just because creative are a bunch of dicks. Lean realtek drivers are a lot more useful to me than a whole crap-ton of creative bloatware just for 1-3 more fps while using EAX.