I have used creative sound cards many times before and they have never let me down. I was pleased to see that it was more geared for music / media. I did not need all the extras included for gaming.

Very easy to install; update process went smoothly

None so far

What they did with this card was get a lower quality, and poorly supported chip and stick the X-Fi label on it. It's not a good card. Drivers are dodgy and completely non existent for Linux. The sound is OK, but not noticeably better than what you would get from an Audigy SE or something.

PCI-E

Deceptive name; bad drivers

Do not buy this product if you want to make music. Creative have crippled the soundfont support on Vista. Works on XP, but not drivers on Vista.

I bought this over a year ago and it's only just recently I've had the equipment to use it to it's full potential. I love it. Great sound for both music and movies, and a damn good price too. Recommended.

I bought this to provide optical digital ins and outs for my PC, but it was limited to 48kHz, which I don't have much use for. I expected a range of frequencies and bit-rates.

Buying a sound card for a new PC isn't something many of us have thought about doing for many years. After all, motherboards have built-in audio that does the job just fine, right? Well, that's true to a point.

Excellent sound quality; intuitive mixer interface and equaliser settings

Some games may not run properly under Windows Vista; so it's best to check Creative's Web site for the games compatibility list

best pci card for gaming. I always use creative. pci cards are better than pci-express .they are more stable. they don't break down. the features deliver excellent quality. recommend it to everybody. tell creative to keep making pci cards.

Desktop owners have been enjoying high quality audio via 3rd party add-in sound cards for years, so why must notebook users be forced to go without? Granted, there are ExpressCard sound cards available but not all notebooks have an ExpressCard slot.

Too good to be True First of all, I bough this from a 3rd party not Amazon or the manufacturer, I paid $21.00 Unit arrived in a plastic bag, not in factory packaging ,no warranty or setup paperwork, did have installation cd. for the THX not SBX as advertised.

Creative's high-end audio hardware gets resized to notebook level in this iteration of the company's X-Fi family, which is welcome news for those disappointed with their lappy's onboard audio (which, to be fair, is rarely up to snuff).

Will enhance your laptops inbuilt audio with ease

More expensive upgrades could be better