First post, by maximus
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Yes, it's a leading question, but I think most of us have spent enough hours wrestling with old Sound Blaster cards to know that Creative isn't exactly the best at supporting its own products. IF you can even find drivers, and IF they actually work with your card (it had better not be an OEM version), they may or may not suffer from mysterious and frustrating problems. You don't get this kind of trouble with old Nvidia video cards, or even ATI cards.
So, why is this? Was there something about Creative's corporate culture that emphasized good hardware design but de-emphasized good driver development? And what was the reason behind all the custom cards produced for OEMs, which naturally didn't work with Creative's own drivers?