i have shitty dell 8250, which has a 'soundblaster live' in it. i put quotes around it because apparently it's not a normal sb live but some cheap version made specifically for dell. it even has its own drivers. when you try to install the real sb live drivers, you get the error 'no creative labs product detected.'

here's the problem. i can't use hardware sound in game. the ambient and weapon sounds are fine. but all the voice messages are garbled and just sound terrible. so i have to use software emulation.

i would like to actually use my soundcard, that way i can take the load off my cpu and maybe get better framerates, in addition to getting higher sound quality.

any ideas?