Best way to install X-Fi Titanium Drivers

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yossarian

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When I get my replacement P8P67 Pro MB, I'm going to install an X-Fi Titanium Champion with a fresh Win 7 install. Usually, I install hardware like video cards with the latest driver available online rather than the drivers on the disk. But, if I recall in the past my X-Fi Platinum had to install from the disk initially because the updates weren't a complete set of files. Some things were left out like DTS I think because you had to validate the install by using the original disk.

So, my question is should I install from the CD and then run the updater, or is the updated driver file(s) from Creative complete so I can just download and install them without the install disk?
 
EarlKeim said:
http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/Applications/AVP/11246/0x7C961A1D/DDL_PCAPP_LB_3_00_06.exe The previous link is for Dolby Digital Live.

http://ccftp.creative.com/manualdn/Applications/AVP/11247/0xD4B733CF/DTS_PCAPP_LB_1_03_08.exe

That link is for DTS. The Titanium original does not require web validation nor a passcode to install with the Titanium. It was included as part of the driver CD. These are standalone versions. You will have no problem installing those with your card.
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Thanks!
 
Arg - I went through this a few weeks ago, and it was a massive pain! I had to un-install and re-install several times before I finally got it all working (and I'm still not completely satisfied with the settings I'm using). If I could even remember what all I went through, I'd tell you. :p

All I can say is the drivers that are needed to get an X-Fi Titanium card working have to be downloaded and installed in several (at least 4, iirc) separate parts, so make sure you don't miss any. And of course there are a few pieces of bloat-ware that they try to force on you - I managed to avoid installing a few of them, but still got stuck with at least one.

I have another question along the lines of this thread, but think I should probably start another thread instead of asking here...
 
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