Posts Tagged ‘x-fi’

The downfall of Creative Labs

Monday, March 31st, 2008

Create Labs logo. It seems this week is not going to be a good one for Creative Labs. After a forum moderator has indirectly admitted that Creative Labs’ soundcard drivers are crippled on the Windows Vista operating system, thousands of people have decided to boycott Creative Labs products, including online shops.
(more…)

Creative Labs X-Fi on Linux: Installation

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

X-Fi logo.When the 32bit Linux drivers for the X-Fi sound card got released I promised you a post about it, and here it is after a long delay. This article includes a painless installation guide and some how to’s.
(more…)

Creative X-Fi driver for 32bit AND 64bit Linux released

Thursday, February 14th, 2008

X-Fi logo.I nearly missed it. Creative finally managed to release a 32bit Linux driver for their X-Fi sound card series.

I don’t know if I will give my X-Fi another chance.
(more…)

X-Fi: Hype or innovation?

Friday, January 25th, 2008

X-Fi technology

The heavily increasing number of main boards which have an on-board sound solution began to be threatening for Creative’s business model.

But they have come up with a solution: A generation of sounds cards which would, by their specifications, beat all mainstream computer sound solutions available.

(more…)