Creative Sound Blaster Live!

discussed in 1,604 posts, 1998-2007 · overall tone mixed

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Key threads

• Fixing distorted GPL sound with SB Live under Windows XP 2003-01-02 · 39 posts
  Haqsau sought a fix for distorted GPL sound on an SB Live under XP. Suggestions included driver changes, converting sound files, replacing the card with an Audigy or Santa Cruz, and lowering hardware acceleration. Setting acceleration to 'Basic' worked for him and others, at some frame-rate cost.
• Getting GPL running under Windows XP on NTFS 2003-06-25 · 26 posts
  Bert Hoenigmann could only get GPL running under Windows XP on a FAT32 partition and had crackling sound. Malc suggested allowing indexing on the GPL folder and removing read-only attributes; after setting everything up on FAT32, Bert copied the install to NTFS and it worked. Others explained what NTFS is.
• Is Windows XP good for gaming? 2001-10-18 · 79 posts
  Naim Guru asked about running F1 2001 and other games under Windows XP. Opinions split sharply: some cited benchmarks showing XP slightly slower and Dave Henrie said a faster CPU was a better upgrade, while Iain Mackenzie and others praised its stability. Users reported driver problems with Voodoo 5, SB Live and Logitech hardware, and the thread grew rude in places.
• SB Live Value or Diamond MX300 for GPL? 1999-05-28 · 31 posts
  Greger Huttu asked which sound card would best speed up GPL over his SB16. Owners said the SB Live Value is functionally the same as the full Live for games, and Eric Busch explained that upcoming Papyrus titles would support A3D 2.0 and DirectSound3D, while GPL 1.1 would not add A3D. Mark Dod favoured the MX300 for A3D, and a Rendition fan's posts drew mockery.
• TSW2 wheel jitter on SB Live gameport and fixes 2002-01-05 · 63 posts
  An owner of a TSW2 modified wheel reported severe jitter that Thomas Super Wheels said was on his end, even after replacement pots. Others said the SB Live gameport was a known problem and recommended a PDPI card or the Sim-Addicts USB converter, while many owners praised the wheel and TSW support. A side discussion covered getting split-axis pedals working in F1 2001 by holding the brake during startup or using DXTweak.
• NASCAR 4 demo has no sound on SB Live 2000-12-03 · 20 posts
  Karl Brankin reported no sound at all in the NASCAR Racing 4 demo with an SB Live card. Participants compared IRQ assignments and also discussed a framerate slowdown when the F1 info screen was shown and a missing spotter voice with 3D sound enabled. No fix was found; one poster noted that shared IRQs are normal under PCI.
• GPL stuttering after Athlon XP CPU upgrade 2002-10-31 · 21 posts
  After upgrading to an Athlon XP, a user got stutters in GPL when several cars were close together. Suggested causes included the BIOS, SSE support, SB Live sound cards and sound acceleration, USB force feedback wheels and nVidia drivers. Others reported lockups with Hercules Fortissimo II cards, and no single fix emerged.
• Disappointed GP3 owners try the GPL demo 2000-07-30 · 36 posts
  Two users disappointed with GP3 tried the GPL demo but found it looked poor or would not run. Regulars explained the 18MB demo from Papyrus's site worked better than Sierra's version, that the D3D patch worked with the demo if a core.ini was created, and that the full game was now cheap. Both eventually got it running, and one called it superb.
• PC freezes after installing a Sound Blaster Live 2000-05-06 · 49 posts
  Dave St.Onge's PC froze during games after a Sound Blaster Live was installed. Suggestions included IRQ conflicts with the graphics card or USB, removing the SB16 DOS emulation, disabling onboard sound, overheating, and reinstalling Windows. Disk write errors then appeared, and he planned to return the PC to the shop.
• GPL graphics stuttering on Radeon and SBLive systems 2002-04-01 · 27 posts
  John Simmons reported periodic stuttering in GPL on a Windows 2000 system with a Radeon 8500 and SBLive card. Others with similar setups suggested the SBLive drivers were to blame, recommending lower hardware acceleration and removing the CD-installed drivers, while several said only reverting to Windows 98SE had cured it. No definitive fix was confirmed.

Busiest threads

• Fixing distorted GPL sound with SB Live under Windows XP (10 posts about it)
• Getting GPL running under Windows XP on NTFS (8 posts about it)
• Is Windows XP good for gaming? (8 posts about it)
• Sound question (8 posts about it)
• Let me get this straight.... (7 posts about it)
• Soundcard Recommendations (7 posts about it)
• SB Live + MSFF + GPL? (7 posts about it)
• SB Live Value or Diamond MX300 for GPL? (7 posts about it)
• Grand Prix 2 and Soundblaster Live (7 posts about it)
• Soundcard upgrade (6 posts about it)
• Finally! GPL, XP & SBLive live together in harmony (6 posts about it)
• Diamon MX 300 Gameport and general (6 posts about it)
• TSW2 wheel jitter on SB Live gameport and fixes (6 posts about it)
• NASCAR 4 demo has no sound on SB Live (6 posts about it)
• Re: Cart 2000 carset for ICR2 posted (6 posts about it)

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Tom Pabst · 30 Don Burnette · 22 don hodgdon · 21 Andre Warringa · 18 Mark Davison · 18 Dave Henrie · 18 Lutrell · 16 BRH · 14 Haqsau · 14 Larry · 11 MadDAWG · 11 JS · 11 Ken Beard · 11 Borut Srebotnik · 11 bertr · 11 Uwe Schuerkamp · 10 Iain Mackenzie · 10 David L. Cook · 10 Daxe Rexford · 10 EldredP · 9

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