Download Driver For Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi 2.18.0008

Creative has released new drivers for a number of Sound Blaster X-fi series sound cards. The drivers have arrived at version number 2.18.0008 and can here for Windows XP and Windows Vista can be downloaded as an installation package. New to these drivers are the ability to decode Dolby Digital and Dolby DTS sound. In addition, two bugs have been fixed. What exactly has changed in the 2.18.0008 release can be read below:

Added Features:

• Dolby® Digital and DTS® 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 software.

Fixes:

• Resolves issue of audio popping when playing AC-3 Wave files or using Dolby Digital Live via the digital output on Windows Vista.
• Resolves Audio Control Panel issue of incorrect X-Fi CMSS®-3D behavior while using Audio Creation Mode.

Requirements:

• Windows Vista 64-bit, Windows Vista 32-bit, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows XP Media Center Edition (MCE) 2005 or Windows XP MCE 2004
• Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi audio devices listed above

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