anyone have problems with SB Plat 5.1?

i was reading in the CPU forum and someone said that SB Live! PLatinum 5.1 and all 5.1 sound cards made by creative have tons of problems... he also said that people have been posting there problems here for a while but after i look over resent posts i havent really seen any majer problems with it... were they jsut bashing it?

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Once you get the drivers installed- can be a chore- and if you are lucky enough to get no constant popps in the backround then the card is great. Otherwise it's a waste of time and money.

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It has problems. You are one of the lucky ones I mentioned. Enjoy it.

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Awsome, do you like it? I love mine. Later man.

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if u mean that screeching sound in the back round that is enough to break ur teeth? ya i had that too. has something to do with who ever is copying it. i cleaned a couple up and even downloaded a differnt mp3 and it cleared up. but that isnt from teh sound card or be on everone i would think.

oh and i had one problem with my sb 5.1 and sb live. the 2000 drivers are friggen powerful? and blew out me right speaker. so i guess i did have a problem...heh

I read from one poster here that most of the problems with SB live come from
the OEM version drivers. Fortunately I bought the full retail (a rarity for me),
and I've had no problems with it. Uhh...Except for 1 small one. And yes I’m using that
notorious VIA chipset with the 686 south bridge. The small problem is that when
I’m surfing I listen to rock stations, and after about 30min (sometimes) my sound
just quits....beats me....I reboot and it’s okay though. And oh yea.....I get one
single “POP” when I boot up...but none after that. But then again I don’t do much
with my sound besides listen to music while I surf and play games.


I thought I was wrong once, but I was mistaken.

Obviously, nobody remembers the soundcard comparisons between the original Live and the MX300/SQ2500. The Live made people drop frames in several games, do to it's high system overhead. Well, Aureal was driven out of business by Creative after that with frivolous lawsuites. So now we can consider them only for older machines that are compatable, or look for other solutions, such as those from Phillips. Either that, or pay more for a POS Live, which BTW I do own, and it can't hold a candle to my SQ2500 for sound quality, plus it makes my 3D-Mark 2k score go down.

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