http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 6:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/These companies are hell to work at]]>Apr 1st 2008 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 10:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/"Why would they? They know exactly how to do what he did, they didn't want to because they wanted people to buy the higher-end or newer cards."

And that's why I will never buy another Creative product again... By design Creative products are trash the moment you upgrade your system.]]>Apr 1st 2008 10:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Its not like your 6 series GeForce is doing much in Vista either.
Hardware need to be upgraded. The X-Fi has been around for a while and its a VERY GOOD card for gaming with EAX5. The effects n stuff are unprecedented.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
To respond to the whole thread, where is the logic in any of this... there just isn't ANY whatsoever


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Are you familiar with the "iPhone"? It's pretty new I realize, but maybe you should check up on it, see what you find.]]>Apr 1st 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/We're chocked full to the rafters with them, old boy.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
On a more serious note, why did this Daniel K chap agree to stop so quick? He should have told them to buzz off.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
nVidia, open the blob!]]>Apr 1st 2008 10:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
He did not have the right to modify that driver. That's not /his/ fault, but he did not.]]>Apr 1st 2008 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 2nd 2008 12:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
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if any creative employees read this,
I hope you fall down a set of stairs.]]>Apr 1st 2008 11:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
I bought an Audigy 2 Platinum when they first came out and the only problem that I had was that the optical and coaxial digital ins would not stay in sync with anything! This would have been an easy fix for creative and they DID know about it but do you think they gave a s**t? Nope, that's why I don't buy that crap anymore.

On the flip side there was a fix for this problem that, yes you guessed it, involved buying more hardware from them. "Quality" must NOT be their middle name.]]>Apr 2nd 2008 1:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
for 1, he shouldnt have accepted donations

second of all, he can easily continue to distribute this anonymously, but seems to prefer the publicity.

thirdly, I have been using my audigy se on vista x64 with no issues. I just ordered a X-FI Elite Pro (on sale at newe** with a cool headeset).
There seems to be drivers for it that were updated only a couple weeks ago.

Creative is actually a decent company. They are slow with Driver development.]]>Apr 1st 2008 7:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 8:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
Alot of these cards came out before vista so they dont have to support them past XP.

Ill admit creative has dropped the ball a bit with vista...it wouldnt cost them a fortune to have better development.

But this kid cant make a business out of developing drivers. If he wants to do it as a good gesture towards the computing community, right on. But, he cant take money, its not right.

Creative may have a reson for slow development. I dont know. I have read that daniel_k drivers have caused vista bsod errors.

lets stick to bashing sony.
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what is it with tools in this country (the US) who are so anxious to suck up to authority/monopoly/etc that they're willing to conveniently disregard all logic and reasonableness just for the sake of being 'contrarian' or something. the psychology really baffles me. cognitive dissonance or something?]]>Apr 1st 2008 9:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
WTF?

Get out PR drone.]]>Apr 1st 2008 10:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 11:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
Back to XP, sound quality is absolutely amazing again (I use an Audigy 2 ZS). I was forced to use integrated audio on my new motherboard in Vista - which surprisingly, is very good, but my Audigy 2 still definitely has the advantage in XP. Plus, I already have the hardware audio card... why use a software-ish solution when it is not necssary.

It is sad that I'd probably have to buy an X-Fi just to be able to enjoy music and video and such in Vista. ]]>Apr 1st 2008 7:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
http://forums.creative.com/creativelabs/board/message?board.id=soundblaster&thread.id=120975]]>Apr 1st 2008 7:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/
Translation: [enable smoke] "We're pissed that Daniel caught us red-handed disabling features based not on capability but on operating system, which was at the very least unnecessary and at most unethical, and that he let people know about it. Asking for donations gave us the excuse that we wanted to try to paint him as the bad guy in this matter instead of having all of the blame on us."

I have bought nothing but Creative Labs cards since I started building my own PCs almost 20 years ago. Well over a dozen Creative Labs, even the old Sound Blaster 16 with Wave Blaster daughtercard. (Does anyone else remember those?)

Because of this incident, the X-Fi Gamer that is in my current PC is the last Sound Blaster card that I will ever buy.]]>Apr 1st 2008 10:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/thats what i want to know!
screw creative!]]>Apr 1st 2008 8:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/http://www.engadget.com/2008/04/01/daniel_k-speaks-out-about-his-modded-better-creative-drivers/Apr 1st 2008 8:20PM