Pros & Cons
Pros
It also looks good on a windowed case as the x-fi logo on the side always glows white when the computer is on and off. The more you tinker, the better your sound will get and i'm glad i picked this card. Gongon.
Cons
The windows 7 64 bit drivers are dreadful and plagued with crashes during gaming. Creative's latest release driver has this problem, the latest 'beta' driver (release date 12 dec 11) on offer on the create site makes the issue occur more frequently.
Highlights
Quality
This is without a doubt a great piece of kit the sound quality is very high and very rich sounds amazing when having connected ... Read More
Since i bought the product my time spent on games has doubled only because it is so much easier especially in 5
The sound quality produced is better unbelievable
Competitiveness
I chose gaming and picked up this card instead of any of the asus xonar cards
Dolby digital out for all windows sound not that 2 channel restriction that you normally get on spdif outputs
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Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
When i bought it new it was around £65
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Maybe i could resell mine for £150 used
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Dolby digital out for all windows sound not that 2 channel restriction that you normally get on spdif outputs
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
Strongly recommend the card cant get better just from a different seller
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
I did however have a slight issue the official windows 7 drivers didnt allow the soundcard to enable dolby digital or dts
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So it was stuck on basic stereo output when connected with an optical cable
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
However there are some 3rd party drivers sb xfi series support pack 2
Posted by a reviewer on Amazon
So if like me you are hooking the soundcard up to an amplifier and want true dolby or dts 5