*sigh*
You know, I bought Audigy when it was boasted as really having an impact on sound and I bought the deluxe version with a separate box. Already then, drivers was a total nightmare, not to mention how difficult it was to get them upgraded. It even brought me to the point in which I was forced to reinstall windows.
They even demanded money for upgrade CD's. The remote control that came with the package (which was a key reason I bought the "pro" version") had no software support beyond Creative's own lousy software. No support for winamp for example.
Still, I bited the bullet upgrading to Audigy 2 ZS, which pretty much repeated the problems all over again.
One peculiar habit is that Windows always revert the settings back to stereo speakers instead of 7.1. Talking to Creative support, the only solution to this problem was to completely whipe all drivers, all creative software, then go through the long process to reinstall them again. Installing the CD takes like 20 minutes, finding what software you need to upgrade is a whole science due to Creative's lousy website (and an online installer that say I have no Creative card installed). When I finally have everything downloaded it takes several reboots to get them upgraded.
Compare that to nvidia where you have like one driver, you download the "highest number" available, then you reboot. Done.
Seeing this getting even worse with X-Fi and "alchemy" makes me just want to skip creative products in the future. It's amazing how a company who once were famous for it's compatibility and support could sink this low.
