As a rule you can use the drivers from the chip or card manufacturer's web site,
rather than Dell's. This is the case for most any species of driver. There
are exceptions, but they usually involve hardware manufactured differently at
the request of the name brand manufacturer, e.g. Dell. The industry has become
commoditized so much now that even the largest sellers of desktop and notebook
computers (Dell and HP or HP and Dell) do not have special hardware made for
them. Special implies higher manufacturing costs, special drivers, and much
higher support costs, so why make special hardware?
Long ago, Compaq tried to have special graphics cards with Matrox chips and
sound cards with whatever was the chip of the month and it failed miserably,
created a lot of ill will, and cost them dearly.
Do the Creative drivers offer something that the Dell drivers do not?
.... Ben Myers
On 08 May 2007 22:27:33 -0400, <ahall@no-spam-panix.com> wrote:
>
>I have Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D) in my XPS 600.
>
>I have the latest Dell published drivers.
>
>Can I use the drivers posted on the Creative site? This
>works with video cards, but I do not know about audio cards.
On May 8, 7:27 pm, <a...@no-spam-panix.com> wrote:
> I have Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D) in my XPS 600.
>
> I have the latest Dell published drivers.
>
> Can I use the drivers posted on the Creative site? This
> works with video cards, but I do not know about audio cards.
>
> --
> Andrew Hall
> (Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)
You can get away with this. But Dell has been known to modify
hardware, especially the older Sound Blaster Live. Which may mean that
the Dell driver may be a better match to your sound card. Also the
adage about if it ain't broke, don't fix it applies.
Ben> As a rule you can use the drivers from the chip or card manufacturer's web site,
Ben> rather than Dell's. This is the case for most any species of driver. There
Ben> are exceptions, but they usually involve hardware manufactured differently at
Ben> the request of the name brand manufacturer, e.g. Dell. The industry has become
Ben> commoditized so much now that even the largest sellers of desktop and notebook
Ben> computers (Dell and HP or HP and Dell) do not have special hardware made for
Ben> them. Special implies higher manufacturing costs, special drivers, and much
Ben> higher support costs, so why make special hardware?
Ben> Long ago, Compaq tried to have special graphics cards with Matrox chips and
Ben> sound cards with whatever was the chip of the month and it failed miserably,
Ben> created a lot of ill will, and cost them dearly.
Ben> Do the Creative drivers offer something that the Dell drivers do not?
I am having an odd issue with 5.1 sound under Premiere Pro 2.0, which
made me look into updated drivers (usually my first step if something is
not behaving as expected). While looking it seemed that the Dell version
did not have all the codec's for 5.1 that the Creative version does, and
I was hoping the additional codecs would come with the later drivers.
Sound (no pun intended) reasonable?
I suppose with a restore point set I have little to worry about.
Thanks,
ah
Ben> ... Ben Myers
Ben> On 08 May 2007 22:27:33 -0400, <ahall@no-spam-panix.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic (D) in my XPS 600.
>>
>> I have the latest Dell published drivers.
>>
>> Can I use the drivers posted on the Creative site? This
>> works with video cards, but I do not know about audio cards.
--
Andrew Hall
(Now reading Usenet in alt.sys.pc-clone.dell...)
Audio drivers, Dell specific or Creative? 
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