I will murder creative, i think...

Majormaggot · 17th Jan 2008, 04:29 AM

Creative X-FI or SB audigy or what ever.... SUCKS. well the Software side of it does. Every time i have to reinstall driver do to a reinstall or just upgrading, I start to turn green from anger and my muscles bulge out of my shirt and i start screaming. out of all the hardware i've been thru, creative's installation suite for their sound cards is the most annoying before during and after the install.

For instance, the x-fi driver cd, pop it in, wait half an hour to load up their fancy sound blaster logo/introduction video (oh wait i can't hear the "amazing sound" because i don't have drivers installed yet!). Then ur face to face with a retarded GUI they came up with to install their drivers, which btw makes u wait 5 min between clicking the next button and bring up the next screen.

Oh and lets not forget about after the installation of the driver and u reboot and load into windows, before u can do anything your hit with a fullscreen X-fi logo/presentation/annoying/murder inducing video that u have to watch (since pressing ESC or clicking ur mouse, or whipping ur mouse at ur new 27" lcd monitor and cracking the speaker mesh does nothing at all). After the video is done ur hit with a registration screen(which is already registard) (i registered most of my products, which is helpful in getting RMA's), and after closing it, brings up another registration screen , and another, and finally put a register my product icon on ur desktop.

I swear from this day, i will never buy a creative product again... Yes the sound card is pretty good, yes it sounds good in games, yes they have the gaming and computer sound card industry by neck. But forcing me to go thru all that BS just so i can install drivers is too much.

[/endofrant]

-Maggot

PsYkHoTiK · 17th Jan 2008, 04:36 AM

LOL!

I know how you feel. But at the same time, I think that they have gotten just a tad bit better. I really do hate their interface though on the XFi.

But to their credit, they had x64 Vista drivers real fast (just took forever and a day on the software side).

Adrian Wong · 19th Jan 2008, 11:08 AM

Hehe.. It was worse in the past when they insisted you had to first install the driver from the CD before you can upgrade to the latest driver. I thought that was pure idiocy.

ZuePhok · 19th Jan 2008, 11:55 AM

actually you don't really need most of the bloatware. just the driver will do.

Dashken · 21st Jan 2008, 09:02 AM

Sometimes, happen to me with LAN driver, if you just install the driver by pointing to the driver folder from your device manager, some additional function may not be installed. Like what happened to me when I installed driver for LAN for one particular board. If I just install the inf, I just get the common tabs when I access the LAN properties in Device Manager. But if I use the setup.exe, after the installation, there are additional 4-5 tabs that allows me to set many more customization for the LAN card.

Just my 2cents.

peaz · 21st Jan 2008, 09:10 AM

what customizations do u need to do with LAN card until it needs 4-5 more tabs? :O

Dashken · 21st Jan 2008, 09:20 AM

Wake up from S3, S4 and S5 maybe. I forgot. Many of us may not use these functions, but in a corporate environment, for MIS administration, this is important.

17th Jan 2008, 04:29 AM	#1 (permalink)
Majormaggot Getting there Join Date: 5 Sep 2005 Posts: 164 Reputation: 59 Rep Power: 4	I will murder creative, i think... Creative X-FI or SB audigy or what ever.... SUCKS. well the Software side of it does. Every time i have to reinstall driver do to a reinstall or just upgrading, I start to turn green from anger and my muscles bulge out of my shirt and i start screaming. out of all the hardware i've been thru, creative's installation suite for their sound cards is the most annoying before during and after the install. For instance, the x-fi driver cd, pop it in, wait half an hour to load up their fancy sound blaster logo/introduction video (oh wait i can't hear the "amazing sound" because i don't have drivers installed yet!). Then ur face to face with a retarded GUI they came up with to install their drivers, which btw makes u wait 5 min between clicking the next button and bring up the next screen. Oh and lets not forget about after the installation of the driver and u reboot and load into windows, before u can do anything your hit with a fullscreen X-fi logo/presentation/annoying/murder inducing video that u have to watch (since pressing ESC or clicking ur mouse, or whipping ur mouse at ur new 27" lcd monitor and cracking the speaker mesh does nothing at all). After the video is done ur hit with a registration screen(which is already registard) (i registered most of my products, which is helpful in getting RMA's), and after closing it, brings up another registration screen , and another, and finally put a register my product icon on ur desktop. I swear from this day, i will never buy a creative product again... Yes the sound card is pretty good, yes it sounds good in games, yes they have the gaming and computer sound card industry by neck. But forcing me to go thru all that BS just so i can install drivers is too much. [/endofrant] -Maggot __________________ Intel Pentium Dual Core E2160 @ 3.1 GHz 1.475 Vcore, Asus P5W DH Deluxe, 2GB Corsair XMS twin X 2, enermax galaxy 850w, Sound blaster X-FI Xtream Music, XFX 8800GT 512 MB, 2x 400GB Seagate HDD in Raid 0, 1x 250 GB WD HDD, 1x 120 GB WD HDD, A mighty Zalman 9500 cooler crying for help. and ArcticSliver 5, DVD drives n shizzle.

17th Jan 2008, 04:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
PsYkHoTiK "Little" Devil Join Date: 8 Apr 2004 Location: On the "throne" Posts: 14,296 Reputation: 4003 Rep Power: 59	LOL! I know how you feel. But at the same time, I think that they have gotten just a tad bit better. I really do hate their interface though on the XFi. But to their credit, they had x64 Vista drivers real fast (just took forever and a day on the software side). __________________ Intel SLAPL 4.3GHz @ 1.35v : 2x2GB OCZ Platinum DDR2 1066 : Asus P5K Premium : WD Raptor X : G92 8800GTS 512mb 800MHz Core WIP : XFi Platinum : Silverstone OP650 : Silverstone TJ-07 : Vista Ultimate Edition : Dtek FuZion CPU : Swiftech MCW60 : MCP655 : Thermochill PA120.3 w Scythe Ultra Kaze : Tygon R3603 1/2" ID 3/4" OD CPU-Z: SLAPL : SLA9U : FX-55 : DDR 600 : VX www.techarp.com

19th Jan 2008, 11:08 AM	#3 (permalink)
Adrian Wong Da Boss Join Date: 10 Oct 2002 Location: In front of my BenQ Joybook 7000 notebook! Posts: 29,960 Reputation: 2958 Rep Power: 65	Hehe.. It was worse in the past when they insisted you had to first install the driver from the CD before you can upgrade to the latest driver. I thought that was pure idiocy. __________________ Dr. Adrian Wong Tech ARP \| Blog @ Tech ARP \| The Free Trade Zone DYKT : The only offshore account I have is at the sand bank? Keep Tech ARP free! Visit our sponsors! We need PROGRAMMERS and TECHNICAL WRITERS! Contact us if you are a hot shot programmer or technical writer! My items for sale : 50x SD Card \| Memory Stick PRO \| Cyclone Energy Saver \| Seiko SS watch \| Tiger/Carlsberg beer jugs \| Travel Speakers \| Motorola V600 \| Nokia N90 SOLD! \| New Lowepro Mini Trekker AW Other items for sale @ the FTZ : Zalman CNPS9500 LED @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7700 Cu @ $20 \| Zalman CNPS7000 Cu @ $20 \| Swarovski bracelet watches \| Dell 17" LCD \| Hi-Fi speakers \| English DIVX movies \| HP LaserJet toners! \| Office chairs

19th Jan 2008, 11:55 AM	#4 (permalink)
ZuePhok Hold me back! I can't stop posting!!! Join Date: 16 Dec 2002 Location: Floating Island Of Mandango Posts: 8,606 Reputation: 2854 Rep Power: 42	actually you don't really need most of the bloatware. just the driver will do. __________________ my motto: poison first, think later. Last edited by ZuePhok : 19th Jan 2008 at 12:03 PM.

21st Jan 2008, 09:02 AM	#5 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,725 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Sometimes, happen to me with LAN driver, if you just install the driver by pointing to the driver folder from your device manager, some additional function may not be installed. Like what happened to me when I installed driver for LAN for one particular board. If I just install the inf, I just get the common tabs when I access the LAN properties in Device Manager. But if I use the setup.exe, after the installation, there are additional 4-5 tabs that allows me to set many more customization for the LAN card. Just my 2cents. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

21st Jan 2008, 09:10 AM	#6 (permalink)
peaz ARP Webmaster Join Date: 13 Oct 2002 Location: http://atpeaz.placidthoughts.com/ Posts: 8,500 Reputation: 1633 Rep Power: 31	what customizations do u need to do with LAN card until it needs 4-5 more tabs? :O __________________ Ken Ng Tech ARP Visit my web gallery - Ken's Digital Canvas Shoot and Earn Money from Stock Photography Sterling@PJ Community Forums

21st Jan 2008, 09:20 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dashken Administrator! Join Date: 21 Apr 2003 Location: Penang Posts: 29,725 Reputation: 2162 Rep Power: 56	Wake up from S3, S4 and S5 maybe. I forgot. Many of us may not use these functions, but in a corporate environment, for MIS administration, this is important. __________________ \| Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 @ 3.2Ghz \| ASUS P5B-E Plus \| G.SKILL 2x1GB DDR2 800 \| 6 HDDs (2TB+ only ) \| NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT \| Dell E248WFP 24" Widescreen \| Blog : Dashken's I-Blog Gallery : Dashken's I-Paintings

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