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Which Sound Blaster do you intend to buy or continue using in the coming months?


4-channel Live!
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5.1 Live!
5.1 Live! Platinum
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Previous Poll Results


Previous Polls

Poll #11 - Which best describes the state of your SBLive! now?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
Smooth. No problems encountered 850  21%
There are some pet peeves but otherwise, it's been great 900  22%
Hardware compatibility & conflicts 228  5%
Problems only during driver installation 142  3%
Serious/constant driver problems (like crashing, etc.) 331  8%
Poor driver functionality/quality 488  12%
Sound quality/crackling problems 908  22%
It just didn't work. I'm not using a SBLive! anymore 183  4%

Total Votes: 4030
Poll Period: July 6, 2001 to January 29, 2002


Poll #10 - What's likely to be causing the static problems?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
Creative/SBLive! hardware 292  21%
Creative/SBLive! drivers 503  36%
VIA chipsets 182  13%
motherboard manufacturers 30  2%
both Creative & VIA 227  16%
the PCI specs 30  2%
Microsoft OSes 108  7%

Total Votes: 1372
Poll Period: April 17, 2001 to July 6, 2001


Poll #9 - With no new drivers released in a very long time, what do you think Creative is up to?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
They are busy integrating A3D technology into the drivers 64  4%
They are way behind schedule in implementing the drivers 110  8%
They have no clue how to solve the bugs 186  14%
They ran out of ideas for new features 42  3%
They couldn't care less about their customers 451  34%
They want us to buy new Sound Blasters for the latest drivers 466  35%

Total Votes: 1319
Poll Period: March 1, 2001 to April 17, 2001


Poll #8 - What do you want Creative to do?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
fix the static problems 540  33%
fix the EAX problems 26  1%
fix the mixer/volume problems 19  1%
SMP support in Win2k 122  7%
AC3 passthrough in Win2k 62  3%
ASIO support 112  7%
drivers that are reliable 102  6%
APS 2.0 drivers 319  19%
a better Live!Ware NOW 295  18%

Total Votes: 1597
Poll Period: February 5, 2001 to March 1, 2001


Poll #7 - How satisfactory were the Sound Blaster Live! and Live!Ware drivers in 2000?

Click here to see the results and feedback from users.


Poll #6 - Will you get a Sound Blaster Live! 5.1?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
Yes, immediately! 193  17%
In the near future. 186  16%
No, I'm doing fine with my 4-speaker sound card. 485  42%
No, I'm satisfied with a 2-speaker sound system. 133  11%
No, its too expensive. 80  7%
I don't have space for 5.1 speakers. 57  5%

Total Votes: 1134
Poll Period: 1 October 2000 to 28 December 2000


Poll #5 - Live!Ware 3 for Windows 2000 was just released. How much improvement did it make?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
It made a huge difference. 32  9%
There were some improvements. 86  24%
Only minor improvements. 79  22%
There were little or no changes to me. 154  43%

Total Votes: 351
Poll Period: 31 July 2000 to 1 October 2000


Poll #4 - Live!Ware 3 for Windows 2000 and APS 2.0 drivers are late. What's your stand?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
I don't mind waiting. 55  7%
I have no choice but to wait. 133  17%
They have no excuse to be late. 71  9%
Creative should at least make public announcements that the drivers will be late. 268  36%
The release dates should not be announced if they were not final. 214  28%
I'm boycotting Creative/E-MU products from now on. 0 0%

Total Votes: 741
Poll Period: 2 June 2000 to 31 July 2000


Poll #3 - Did the Windows 2000 drivers work?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
I'm not using Windows 2000. 301  28%
I did not want to try the official drivers yet. 31  2%
Yes, it worked perfectly. 394  37%
It worked only after I re-installed a clean copy of Windows 2000. 28  2%
It installed, but didn't function correctly. 305  28%
It crashed my system when I tried to boot or logon. 0 0%

Total Votes: 1059
Poll Period: 26 March 2000 to 2 June 2000


Poll #2 - Rate your overall satisfaction with the SBLive! in 1999.

Do take into account how the SBLive! has enhanced audio on your PC, the quality of the Live!Ware drivers, and the level of technical support from Creative.

Choices Vote Count Percentage
I really love the SBLive! 845  55%
It was good! 363  24%
I'm neutral. 58  3%
Could have been better. 170  11%
Total disappointment 74  4%

Total Votes: 1510
Poll Period: 6 January 2000 to 26 March 2000


Poll #1 - How did you obtain Live!Ware 3?

Choices Vote Count Percentage
Bought the CD. 143  12%
It took too long to release. Downloaded the CD Rip version. 127  10%
Downlaoded the official web version from www.sblive.com. 657  55%
Borrowed the CD from a friend. 44  9%
Bought a new Sound Blaster Live! card bundled with Live!Ware 3. 211  17%

Total Votes: 1182
Poll Period: 21 October 1999 to 6 January 2000

 
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