Download Driver For Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 2.18.0000 beta

Creative has released new drivers for the X-Fi sound cards. The drivers have been assigned version number 2.18.0000 and are still in beta stage. The new version can be downloaded by clicking on this link for Windows XP and Windows Vista can be downloaded. The developers of Creative have removed a crash bug from the drivers in version 2.18.0000 beta. Furthermore, support for Dolby Digital and DTS has been re-enabled in Windows XP. The full release notes are as follows:

Added Features:

• Dolby® Digital and DTS® driver decode re-established for sound cards that included decoding in their Windows XP drivers (Not applicable for products that included a 3rd party software DVD player license in the package).
• DVD-Audio playback re-established for sound cards that included the application in their Windows XP software suite (For Windows Vista 32-bit only). Requires the latest Creative MediaSource DVD-Audio Player Beta software. Click here to download.

Fixes:

• Resolves issues of intermittent and random application/system crash when playing games or running applications that use EAX®, DirectSound®, OpenAL and/or ASIO features.
• Resolves issue of volume mapping leading to very soft volume level in systems using Windows Vista with Service Pack 1.
• Resolves issue with distortion and noise occurring in systems with 4 GB of RAM or greater.

Known issues:

• X-Fi CMSS®-3D feature is not available in Windows Vista 64-bit.